Clark County, Wisconsin Cheese Factories

Business Name	Product & Notes	Owners/Managers	Location	Time of Operation
A. M. Steinwand		A. M. Steinwand	Colby Twp.
Abbotsford Creamery/Olson Cheese		Purchased by Harry Olson in 1919, previous owner unkown		1919-1946
Acme Creamery Co.		Orlo Robinson	Weston, Rt. 3, Neillsville	1909
Albert Dairy Co.		Albert Albert, Ferdinand Albert	Thorp	1895-1909
American Store Dairy	Employees	Morris Blodgett	8th & Hewett in Neillsville, WI	1940
Atwood/aka South Green Grove Co-operative		Joseph Schuh	Rt. 1 Owen, 1/2 mile W. of Atwood on Co. N	Arnold Krueger was a cheesemaker there from 1942 to 1943
Bachman's East Worden Cheese Factory		Rudolph Bachman, sold to the Blue Moon.	6 miles south of Thorp
Banner		H. E. Wordell	Granton
Banner		Charles A. Bulgrin	Rt. 2, Owen
Banner Comb.	American	Harry Eide	1. Granton, Rt. 2, Sec. 34, Fremont	1909
Bartell	American	Fred Bartell	Rt. 4, Neillsville	1909
Beatrice Cheese INC.			Marshfield & Dorchester, WI	1988, 1991, 1994
Beaver Cheese Factory		Jessie J. Spieles	5 mi. northeast of Loyal, WI
Beaver Cheese Factory	American	John Joss	Beaver Township, Rt. 1, Loyal	1909
Big Four		Charles Duvall	Beaver Township
Big Four		Richard M. Schmitz	Rt. 1, Unity
Big Four, Comb.	American	Camers & Pipkorn	Rt. 1, Unity	1909
Black River Cheese Factory		Otto Brown	Rt. 2, Withee	Still standing in 2011.
Blodgett Cheese Factory	Note: #1, #2			1917
Blue Moon Cheese Factory	Recipes (lg. download) Note: #1; #2; #3; #4
Blumenstein & Bornheimer		J. F. Tessmer	Colby Twp.
Boardman	#1	Boardman Bros.	Rt. 2, Stanley
Braun Settlement Cheese Factory	Note: #1, #2 (Photos)	Ted Braun, A. Liebzeit	Greenwood, Sec. 6, Warner Twp.
Breezy Hill		1. O. W. Freimund, 2. Leonard Soeller	Sec. 14, Rt. 3, Thorp
Breseman Cheese Factory/York Dairy	Packaged Rindless Cheddar	1. A. P. Breseman; 2. John Mullins	Pelsdorf Rd.
Bright Creamery		H. A. Bright	Bright, Green Grove	1909
Bruckeville	Note: #1	Cheesemaker: John Verhulst	5 miles E. of Dorchester, in Marathon Co., Wis.	1900
Burtard Cheese Factory	Note: #1		Curtiss	1918-1919
Buss Cheese Factory (Clark Co-op?)	Note: #1	Bill, Rienhold & Theodore Buss	Clark, Hixon Twp., opposite Black River	1924-1934, still standing in 2011.
Butterville		Alfred Noah	Greenwood
Butterville Cheese Factory		Pirl Burrington	Butler Twp., Sec. 15, Rt. 3, Thorp	closed in late 1930s.
Bymer Dairy
Cannonville		Christian Feutz	Rt. 4, Granton
Carnation Milk Condensary			Owen
Catlin Corners Cheese Factory & Skimming Station	Cheddar & Colby, Note: #1	Jenks Dairy Co., Gordon A. Randt, operator	Hwy. 98, east of Loyal, WI
Clark County Butter Co./Globe Cry.		1. Clark Co. Butter Co., 2. P. W. Hales	Rt. 3, Neillsville	1909
Clark County Central Cheese Factory	Note: #1	Adolph Voight; Arnold Hoppa; David Hoppa	Weston Twp., N5903 Co. Hwy G, N.W. of Neillsville
Chili Cheese Factory	American	O. F. Sampe	Chili
Chili Milk Pool Co-op	Cheddar	Howard G. Geldernick, mgr.		1967, 1973
Chili Riverside Co-operative Cheese			Chili
Clark County Butter Company		Mike Prock	West Weston, Rt. 3, Neillsville	1909
Clark County Central		H. W. Decker	Warner Twp.
Clark County Central	Brick	Clark Co. Central	Greenwood, Rt. 2	1909
Clark County Central		Arnold Beyer, Clarence Liebzeit	Greenwood, Rt. 1
Clark County Cheese Factory		Mike Teclaw-owner & cheesemaker	Sec. 27 Withee Twp., 4 mi. East 1 mi. North of Thorp.	This building later became a tavern.
Clark County (Comb.)		Clark Co. Butter Co.	Neillsville
Clover Belt Creamery		Thomas McAdams	Owen
Clover Belt	American	1. W. H. Sommer, 2. Fred Greve	Rt. 3, Thorp	1909
Clover Dale	American	E. C. Meyers	Rt. 1, Unity	1909
Cloverdale Cheese Factory	Cheddar	Walter Rindfleisch & Wife	Colby	1940-1960
Cloverdale Cheese Factory		Mathias Holzmann	Rt. 1, Unity
Clover Hill Co-op Cheese Factory		Edward Mildebrand	Hwy E out of Curtiss, Near A & E, a mile north of A on E.	1919-1935+, 1967
Clover Leaf Factory		Frank Pritzel	Sec. 9, Worden Township
Clover Leaf Factory	Cheddar, American	Math Meyer, Walter Murphy	Rt. 2, Stanley	1909
Clover Leaf Factory		Norman Western	3 mi. W. & 2 mi. S. of Greenwood at NE corner of Chickadee Rd. & junction of Co. O. and Co. G. purchased by Jake & Ruth Barr and became Barr's Tavern. Chickadee is E. of the junction.	1956
Cloverleaf Dairy		Harry Schlinsog	3 mi. W & 2 mi. S. of Greenwood at the NE corner of Chickadee & Cty. Hwy. O	1943
Cloverview Cheese Factory			Unknown	#1
Colby Cheese House	Colby Cheese	Diane Feiten	Colby, WI	1988, 1991
Coats Cheese & Creamery		E. Coats	Sec. 16, York
Cooper Cheese Co. Inc.			Willard, WI	1967
County Farm Cheese & Butter Co.		1. County Farm Cheese, 2.R. A. Zickert	Rt. 4, Neillsville & Grant Twp.	1909
Christie		J. A. Hauser	Rt. 3, Neillsville
Crystal Comb.	American	Seitz Brothers	Rt. 1, Greenwood	1909
Crystal Creamery		Seitz Brothers	Sec. 8, York	Early 1900's
Curtiss (Comb.)		Adolph Luethy	Curtiss
Curtiss Cheese Factory		Curtiss Produce Co.	Curtiss	1909
Curtiss Dairy Co.	Cheddar & Colby	Emil A. Laabs, Harold Laabs	Curtiss, WI
Dahl		George W. Dahl	Loyal
Daisy Cheese Factory		George Schils	York, 6 1/2 miles NE of Neillsville	#1
Daisy Dairy		John Joss	Loyal
Day		Joseph Babler	Zachow	#1, 1897
Day, Comb.	American	Day Creamry Co.	Neillsville	1909
Day Cream & Cheese Co.		1. Day Creamery Co., 2. James Wallace Short	Sec. 2, Levis
Decker Cheese Factory
Dells Dam	American	Dells Dam C. & B. Co.	Rt.2, Neillsville	1909
Dells Dam Butter & Cheese Factory		Victor Horton	Sec. 17, Levis Twp.
Dethlefsen	2-3 varieties	Christian Dethlefsen	4 mi. so. Curtis, WI	#1, mid 1930s
Dill Creek Cheese Factory	Cheddar, Colby	Peter Lerch, Byron; John Tesmer, Laurence Hoernke,	Colby, Rt. 1, corner of Oak Rd. & Badger Ave.	1909-1930s
Dodge Creamery Co.		Dodge Creamery Co.
Dodgeville Factory	American	Waterstreet & Smith; W. F. Naulin	Rt. 1, Loyal	1909
Dorchester Cheese Co. Inc.	Colby	1. O. G. Peterson; 2. Fred & Jerome Reynolds & Cliff Wetterau	Mayville Twp.
Dorchester	American	E. J. Mechelke	Rt. 1, Dorchester	1909
Dorchester Creamery		Dorchester Cry. Co.	Dorchester	1909
Dore & Austin's Cheese Factory			Grant Township	1881
Durst, Walter
Dux Skimming Station		Clark Co. Butter Co.	Rt. 2, Neillsville	1909
East Worden Dairy
Eaton Center	Note: #1	Eaton Center Cheese Co., Herman Kalkofen, Francis Scherer & Herbert Quimbly	Greenwood	1911-1935
Eau Clarie Creamery Co.		Eau Claire, WI	Greenwood
Edgewood		David E. Norleen	Rt. 1, Abbotsford
Ehlers Cheese Factory		August Ehler	Reseburg (SE of Thorp)	Destroyed by fire Sept., 1948
Eidsvold Cheese Factory		Ervin Boardman, Walter Braatz, Charles Flunker, George Thill, William Thill
Elmdale/Rasmussen/Greenwood Valley Cheese factory	Cheddar	Built by Humke & sold to Walter Rasmussen	5 1/4 mi. NW of Greenwood	Owned by Adolph & son Walter Rasmussen, Oct 1928
Enterprise Creamery	American	1. A. C. F. Witt; 2. O. W. Becker	Rt. 2, Lynn & Granton	1909
Farmer's Cloverleaf Co-op Cheese & Butter Co	Barrel Cheese & Swiss	1. Norman Western; 2. Walter Murphy	1/2 mile south and 3 mi. east of Willard	mid 1940s-
Farmer's Progressive Cream Co.		John Weutrich	Eaton	190-9
Favorite	Note #1	Hans Nielsen Estate	Rt. 2, Withee
Feutz Cannonville Cheese Factory
Fischer's Cheese Factory	Note #1, American	George Fischer, Jr.	Sec. 36 Beaver Twp. (From Loyal--2 mi. N on K, 2 1/2 miles E on Rock Creek, 1/4 mi. N on Oak Grove); Rt. 2, Spencer	ca 1956
Flick Cheese Factory
Flunker Cheese Factory	Note #1	Charles Flunker	Eidsvold
Foelsh Cheese Factory
Foremost-Blue Moon Cheese, Inc.	Specialty & Natural Cheeses		Thorp	1967, 1973, 1976, 1979
Four Corners Cheese Factory	Cheddar	1. Reuben Knorr; 2. Hilarion Riedel	Rt. 2, Curtiss
Frederickson Cheese Factory		Nels Frederickson
Gadhorn Creamery			Greenwood
Gerlach	American	W. J. Gerlach	Granton, Rt. 1	1909
Gerlach/Young/Kobs Cheese Factory		1. Wm. Gerlach, 2. John Young, 3. Hugo Kobs
Globe		Globe Cheese Co.	Rt. 5, Greenwood
Gorman Co-operative Dairy		Area Farmers, cheesemaker, George Raven.	Gorman Rd, just south of the intersection of Twenty-six Rd, Hendren Township	1917-1957
Granton Cream and Cheese Factory		C. A. Guth/Cuth	Granton	1909
Granton		Oscar A. Petersen	Granton
Grasshorn-Falk Creamery			Greenwood, Eaton Township
Grassland Dairy Products, Inc.	Wi. Cheese & Dairy Products; #1		Greenwood	1967, 1973, 1991, 1994, 2003
Green Grove	American	Gustav C. Sampe	Colby, R. D. 2	1909
Greenwood Cheese Factory		Dr. Fuchs	Greenwood
Greenwood (Comb.)		John Wuetrich	Greenwood
Greenwood Creamery		Eau Claire Creamery	Greenwood	1909
Greenwood Dairy		1. D. M. Watson 2. Theodore W. Mech	Greenwood
Greenwood Milk Products Co-op	Cheddar	Neighboring Farmers		1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988
Grell B. & E. Co.		H. J. Grell B. & E. Co., Johnson Creek	Neillsville	1909
Gruenke's Dairy
Gubeli's White Birch Cheese Factory		Joe Gubeli; Bio
Gust Sampe		Gust Sampe	Colby Twp.
H. J. Grell Butter and Egg Co.		H. J. Grell	Neillsville
Haack Cheese Factory		1. 1912
Harris Chesse Co. Inc.	Colby Cheese		Unity RFD 1	1973
Hediger Cheese Factory	Spray-drying of whole milk, first to install the Lo-temp processing for milk powder	Herman Hediger (history)	Christie
Hemlock Cheese Factory	Note #1	1. Humke, 2.Erwin C. Koepsel, 3. Dearth 4. Richard Ashbeck	Rt.4, Greenwood
Hewett		Fred Theiler	Humbird
Hiller's Clover Belt Cheese Factory		Otto Hiller	2 mi. so. of Thorp
Hillside Co-Op Cheese Factory	Cheddar	1. Theodore Schultz; 2. Leo Biel	Stanley
Hoard Cheese Factory	#1	1. Marquardt, Laabs & Laabs 2. J. P. Burtard; 2. H. W. Marquardt	Sec. 11, Hoard Twp., R. D. 1	1909-Closed in 1951
Hoffman Dairy	Milk, Ice Cream	Harley Hoffman	Thorp	1967, 1973, 1976
Holt's Heintown Cheese Factory; (previously Magadenz Cheese)		1. Magadenz 2. Alfred Holt; 3. Herbert Uttech	Section 5, York Twp.
Hoppa's Butter Factory				1905
House, W. A.	#1
Huber Cheese Factory		Edward Huber	Unity, 2 mi. from Spencer
Huckstead Cheese Factory
Humbird Cheese Factory	American	Humbird Cheese Co.	Humbird	1909
Humbird Creamery Co.		1. Humbird Co-op. Cry. Co., 2. Fred Theiler	Humbird, WI	1909
Huntzicker Cheese Factory				1878
J. F. Steinwand		J. F. Steinwand	Colby Twp.
Jacob's Dairy, Ad			Rt. 3, Neillsville	Mar., 1949-?
Jenks Dairy Co. & Skimming Station		A. H. Jenks, Loyal, Manager	Sherman Twp., Rt. 1, Spencer	1909
Johnson, Ludwig's Store; Bymer Schroder Dairy; Eide Cheese Factory		1. Eide, 2. Bymer Schroder, 3. Johnson, 4. Heinrich.	Fremont Township	bef. 1923 - 1947
Junction Cheese Factory		Ernst Looser	5 mi. northeast of Thorp
Kasper Cheese Factory	Cheddar & Colby	Kasper Family
Ken & David Bletsoe	Qaulity Cheese	Ken & David Bletsoe	Granton & Christie	1973, 1976
Kenneberg Cheese Factory			Four miles east of Loyal, on Hwy. 98
Kielsmeier		Kielsmeier Co., Manitowoc	Rt. 1, Loyal
Knops Woodland View		Francis Knops	15 mi. southwest of Greenwood, Sec. 5, Seif Twp, Co. Hwy. I
Krugeger Cheese Factory Scorched			Humbird
Kurth Corners Cheese Factory		Walt Reber
Laabs Bros. Factories		Note
Laabs Cheese Factory-Abbotsford		Laabs Bros.
Laabs Cheese Factory-Curtiss
Laabs Cheese Factory-Willard		Cheesemakers: 1. Leonard Raven 2. Jacob Tjepkema	Cty. G in Willard on the east end of "town."
Lambord (Comb.)		Lambord Dairy Co.	Thorp
Land O'Lakes, Inc.	Cheese Production Facility	2003 Jack Strenger	423 S. Main, Greenwood, WI	1991, 1994, 2003
LaTart	Emil Luther, Jr. (informant: Art Olson)
Levis	American	Levis C. & B. Company	Neillsville	1909
Levis/Brown/Trichel Cheese			Sec. 2, Levis Twp.	*See Day Creamry
Levis Cheese Factory		William H. Rath; Charles Neubecker	Sec. 14, Levis Twp.
Liebzeit's Clark Co. Central	40# blocks of cheddar	1. Arnold Beyer 2. R. W. Moldenhauer 3. Clarence "Scoop" Liebzeit	3 mi. NW of Greenwood, in Warner Twp.	ca 1900-1981
Lombard Dairy	Cheddar	Area Farmers, cheesemakers: 1. Leon Drangle 2. Frank Broeren 3. Ed Decker last owned by Bill Wolowik	3 mi. E of Thorp Twp., sec. 34 Withee twp., R.R. 1 Thorp	Installed a new sewage disposal system in 1957.
Lombard Dairy Co.		Broeren & Decker Area Farmers. Cheesemakers: 1. James N. Biser 2. Leander Fohl	5 mi. northeast of Thorp in sec. 21 of Withee twp. R.R. 2 Thorp, Wis.
Lone Oak Cheese Factory	Cheddar	1. Louis H. Horn, 2. Walter Emerson 3. Fremont Wonn	Rt. 1, Withee
Lone Pine Cheese Factory, formerly Clay Walter's Corner Cheese Factory	Cheddar	1. Schmidfranz 2. Clay Walters 3. Frank Meske	E. of Thorp in sec. 15 Reesburg twp., Co. Rd. N. R. Thorp	closed soon after Frank Meske's purchase.
Longwood Cheese Factory	Cheddar	R. J. Cooper of Marshfield, managed by Lewis Gehrke	Longwood Twp.	1967
Longwood (Comb.)		H. J. Mathias	Withee
Longwood Dairy Co.	American	Ed Swenson	Longwood Twp., Rt. 1, Withee,	1909
Loyal Jenks (comb.)		Loyal Jenks Dairy Co.	Loyal	1909
Luethy, A. D.	#1
Luther's Cheese	#1	Bukosy?	Beaver, E. of LaTart School	1920
Lynn Cheese Factory (Dairy) (website)	#1, #2 (historic Photos)	Family owned since 1949 (2003 Plat Book Rach	Just outside Neillsville (Granton)	1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988, 2003
Lynn Dairy	Cheddar	1. Harry Schlinsog 2. William & Ruth Schwantes Sr.		1948-49
Magadenz Cheese Factory, (Later Holt's)		Magadenz, Albert Holt, Herbert Uttech	Section 5, York Twp.
Mandel Cheese Factory	#1 American	David Mandel, Mrs. (Barbara) Mandel who ran it aft. her husband died.	Beaver Twp.or Rt. 1 Owen	1909
Mandel	Colby Cheese; #1	Albert H. & Lena Mandel	2 mi. north of Loyal, then 1 1/2 mi. east	1926-1947
Mandel's Cheese Factory	Colby & American	Ernst Mandel	Rt. 2, Colby	1908-?
Mandel & Kademann		Mandel & Kademann	Rt. 2, Colby
Maple Grove Cheese Factory		R. H. Sleyster	Sec. 14, Sherman
Maple Grove Factory	American	Richard B. Meyers	Sec. 14, Rt. 1, Unity	1909
Maple Grove Factory		William A. Rusch	Spencer
Maple Grove Factory		Henry House	Curtiss
Maple Grove Factory		William A. Wichman	Rt. 2, Unity
Marathon-Clark Co-op	Cheddar	Over 200 Area Farmers, managed by Ervin Schilling	No. Main St., Abbotsford
Marten	American	Emil W. Marten	Rt. 1, Spencer	1909
Martin Cheese Factory		H. A. Martin	Sec. 25, Unity Township
Mathias Cheese Factory	#1
Mauel's Ice Cream	Ice Cream	Henry Mauel, Jr	Owen	1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988
Mayville Cheese Factory	American	A. Natchwey; Erick Beisner, owner; his brother Herman Beisner, Cheesemaker.	Mayville Twp.,Dorchester, Rt. 1	1909
Meadow Farms	Ice Cream	A. H. Pfalzgraf
Meyers Cheese Factory		E. C. Meyers	Sec. 5, Unity
Midway		Ray Pat's Midway Bar, later known as Fuzzy's Bar, was formerly a cheese factory.	3 1/2 miles so. of Colby, east side of road. Janet Rogalski, informant	bef. 1955
Midway Cheese	#1	W. E. Petersen	Curtiss
Milk Condensery of American Dairy Stores		Morris Blodgett, Mgr.	Neillsville
Miller Cheese Factory/Seeman Cheese Factory		Alfred Mandel	Co. Trunk K, North of Loyal
Mullins Cheese Inc.	Variety of Cheese		Riplinger, WI & Knowlton	1979, 1988, 1991, 1994
Nachtwey Cheese Factory
Neillsville (comb.)		M. L. Freichel	Neillsville
Neillsville Dairy	Ice Cream & Dairy Bar	1. H. H. Quicker, owner; 2. Dan Patey, owner.
Neillsville Milk Products Co-op	Dried Milk & Pine Valley Sweet Cream Butter	500 Area Farmers; B. H. Crissinger, Mgr.
North Hendren Co-operative Dairy	Bleu Cheese	Harold Rhyner	Spencer Rd between Fisher and Tower Ave. (SE corner of the SW quarter of the SE quarter of Section 3).	Since 1923 - 2003 (plat book)
North Star Cheese Factory	Sm. Packaged & Paraffined Varieties	1. Vern T. Mech; 2. Walter Reber (also had the nearby Pleasant Ridge Factory)	3 mi. west of Granton
North Star Cheese		Emil D. Prange	R.F.D. Granton
North Star Cheese	Brick	North Star Cheese Co.	Greenwood, Rt. 1	1909
North Star Factory		Michael Fitzgerald of Watertown, WI	Loyal Township
North Warner		North Warner Co-operative	Rt. 4, Greenwood, Warner Twp.
Oak Grove Cheese		Fred W. Buss	Rt. 2, Curtiss
Oak Grove Factory		Oak Grove Co-operative Cheese Co.; Christian Klay	5 mi. Southwest of Withee
Oakland Cheese Factory	2# & 5# loaves of Colby & Cheddar Note: #1	Gordon H. Munson--Cheesemaker	2 mi. So. of Curtiss, on Co. E, then 1 mi. W. on the SW corner	Before Laurence Krueger purchased it, it was a Farmer's Co-op.
Oatman Condensery	Condensed Milk		Neillsville	est. 1916
Olson Cheese Factory		C. N. Olson
Ostenson Cheese Factory	#1
Otter Creek Cheese Factory		Alfred Laabs	2.5 mi. northeast of Stanley, WI
Owen		Melvin E. Ostenson	Owen
Owen Dairy Co.	Cheddar & Italian Cheeses	H. F. Gripentrog, Jr.
Peltzdorf/ Pellzdorf Creamery & Skimming Station	Note: #1	Seitz Bros.	Loyal; Rt. 1 Greenwood	1909
Pine Grove		Clarence Wichmann	Rt. 1, Loyal
Pine Grove Cheese Factory		George Foelsch	6 1/2 miles N. of Loyal, then 2 mi. E. on Ripplinger Rd., Beaver Township	1950s
Pine Valley Butter Co.		1. Pine Valley Butter Co., 2. Geo. E. Crothers	Neillsville, WI	1909
Pine Valley Cream Association		1. Pine Valley Cry. Assn., 2. O. M. Arnold	Sec. 16, RFD, Pine Valley	1909
Pine Valley Cheese Factory	Note: #1	Walter Zbinden	Neillsville, WI	1927
Pleasant Ridge Cheese Factory	Cheddar	1946-Otto Meinholdt, then E. O. Franz	9 mi. NW of Greenwood, Rt. 2; Originally built on the right corner, next to Kippenhan's Tavern. 1951-1953, Ed built a new factory about 1/2 mi. west of the Tavern and moved the house from their farm there.
Pleasant Ridge Cheese Factory		H. A. Martin	Grant Center
Pleasant Ridge Creamery	American	1. Fred Schwantes, 2. A. A. Huckstead 2. Robert Petznick	4 mi. southeast of Neillsville, Rt. 1	1898, 1909
Pleasant Ridge Dairy (East) Reber Cheese Factories, Ad	Swiss, Cheddar, Italian	1. Walter Reber; 2. Craig Asplin	Granton Rd. & Airport, 5 mi. E. of Neillsville on Hwy. 10.	1953
Pleasant View		Louis Rach	Loyal
Pleasant View		Fred O. Justman	Unity
Pleasant View Creamery & Skimming Station		Charles E. Eckerle	Sec. 12, Reseburg; Withee, Wis.	1909
Pleasant View Dairy	Cheddar & Barrel Cheese	1. Edward Miller; 2. Allen & Marvin Miller	North of Loyal on "K"	1988, 1991
Poplar		Charles & Henry Salzwedel	Sec. 28, Beaver Twp.	1889
Poplar		Hugo F. Behringer	Rt. 4, Greenwood
Pozen		Albert Albert	Thorp
Raber Foods, Inc.	Quality Dairy Products	Urs Raber, a Swiss immigrant in late 1900s	2 m. N, 1 m. west of Thorp, WI	1988
Reseburg Cheese Factory	Picture with history	Reseburg Cheese Co., Sec. 8 Reseburg twp, Co. Rd. N, Rt. 3, Thorp, Wis. 1. Otto Sommer 2. Irvin Witt 3. Casmer Boyarski, also had a retail store with it.	Sec. 8, Reseburg	Rabers & Blue Moon are 2 seperate places - Blue Moon closed in 2000 due to contract negotiations & the new owners - Saputo Cheese- decided to close it down - a great loss for many employees. Lyn Brunett
Riplinger Cheese Factory	Cheddar	Swift & Co.; operated by Pauley Cheese Co.
Riverside		Riverside Co-operative, Harry Eide, Granton, R. D.2.	Chili, R.D. 1	1909
Riverside Cheese Factory		1. August Dankemeyer, 2. Harry Eide	Sec. 15, Fremont Twp.	1906 - 1958
Riverview		James Holmes	Rt. 2, Unity
Roger/Rodger Creek Cheese Factory	#1 American	Walter Fero, William Blazel, T. J. Gjermundson,	Sec. 29, Thorp Twp., Rt. 2, Stanley, Wis.	1909
Romeo Farmer's Cheese Factory		Emil Martens	Unity	1910-1915
Sampe, Y. C. Cheese Factory	#1
Schwamb's		Schwamb's Co-operative Dairy Co.	Tioga
Seefeld's Cheese Factory		H. T. Seefeld	Sec. 3, Sherman Twp.
Seeman Cheese Factory/Miller's		Wm. Seeman, Alfred Mandel	Co. Trunk K north of Loyal
Schilling	#1	H. B. Moldenhauer & Son, Luther?	Rt. 3, Greenwood
Schilling's Cheese	Emil Luther, Sr. (informant: Art Olson)	E. A. Schilling	Hwy 13 near Abbotsford, relocated after it was destroyed by a June 1958 tornado
Schlinsog Dairy	Milk; Note: #1	Harry & Ted Schlinsog Families	South of Loyal
Schumacher		Peter Schumacher	Rt. 2, Dorchester
Schwamb's Co-operative Cheese Factory/Knop's Woodland View Cheese Factory		Area Farmers	a mile east of the Tioga depot, Hendren Township
Seif Skimming Station		Clark Co., Butter Co.	Rt. 2, Neillsville	1909
Sherman Cheese Factory	American	P. Knickle & Son	Sherman Twp., Rt. 2, Spencer	1909
Sherman Cheese Factory		George Fisher, Jr.	Spencer
Sherwood Dairy		Sherwood Dairy Co.	Rt. 4, Granton
Sherwood Cheese Factory		Christian Feutz, Cheesemaker
Shortville Dairy Co.		1. Shortville Dairy Co., 2. Charles Winters	Washburn Twp., Rt. 1, Neillsville, Wis.	1909
Sommer Cheese Factory	American	Wm. & Otto Sommer	Rt. 1, Thorp	1909
South Grand	American	E. D. Prange	Granton, Rt. 2	1909
South Grant Cheese Factory, Ad		1. Elmer E. Hitzke; 2. Walter H. Schmidt in the 1950s, lg. retail shoop	Rt. 3, Hwy. 10, Granton	1967
South Lynn Dairy		Ed Decker	Cty. Hwy. "W", south of Hwy. 10
South Point		Emil W. Ehlert	Rt. 1, Thorp
South Worden Dairy		1. John Wry; 2. Leo Biel	9 mi. southeast of Stanley
South York Cheese Factory	American	E. H. Tucker	Sec. 34, York Twp.	1909
South York		M. L. Trichel	Granton
Spokeville Cheese Factory	Note: #1, American	C. A. Voight	Sec. 19, Sherman Twp., Rt. 1, Spencer	1909
Spokeville Cheese Factory		Otto G. Rohde	Rt. 2, Spencer
Star	American	1. Peter Jensen, 2. E. H. Tober	Granton	1909
Star		Dan Gluch, Sr.	Granton, Rt. 3	1909
Star Cheese Factory		1.Otto Braun, 2. Marlow, 3. Lawrie	1 mi. N. Dorchester on hwy. 13	1924
Star Cheese Factory		Peter Jensen	Lynn Twp.
Steinwand		Joseph F. Steinwand	Colby, R. D. 2	1909
Steinwand		A. M. Steinwand	Colby, R. D. 2	1909
Stewart's Redville Dairy	Italian Provolone & Cheddar	Stewart Family	Greenwood	1967, 1973, 1976, 1979
Stock		Rudolph Stock	Rt. 2, Colby
Stony Creek		Otto E. Luther	Rt. 1, Loyal
Sun Shine Valley Cheese Factory		1. Mark Wohld 2. Bruno Nurmi	5 mi. south of Thorp, WI, Sec. 28. Rt. 1.
Sunflower		Curtiss, Curtiss Produce Co.		1909
Suttner Cheese		Paul Suttner	Hwy 29, Sec. 32, Curtiss, Mayville twp., WI
Thorp Creamery			Thorp, WI	Now Art Jacques Apts.
Thorp Dairy Co.		Rudolph Verweyst	Thorp
Thorp Dairy No. 1 (comb.)		Thorp Dairy Co.	Thorp
Thorp Dairy No. 2		Thorp Dairy Co.	Thorp
Thorp Dairy No. 3		Thorp Dairy Co.	Thorp
Thorp Dairy No. 4		Thorp Dairy Co.	Thorp
Thorp Dairy No. 5		Thorp Dairy Co.	Thorp
Thorp Dairy No. 6		Thorp Dairy Co.	Thorp
Timothy Belt Cheese & Dairy	Cheddar & Milk	Walter A. Reinke	Rt. 1, Thorp
Town Line		Otto E. Grennke	Rt. 1, Granton
Town Line	American	Herman F. Seefeld	Spencer	1909
Unity Dairy Products	Colby & Cheddar Cheese	H. E. Mandel	Unity, WI	1967
Uttech Cheese Factory		Herb Uttech
Voigt	Note: #1, #2	Ernest C. Voigt of Madison	Unity
Wahlen Cheese Factory
Warner	American	1. Warner Cheese Co., 2.William Laabs 2. Henry Mueller	Rt. 2, Greenwood	1909
Warner		William A. Wichman	Unity
Warner Co-operative Cheese Factory	Limburger	Area Farmers	Warner Township
Warner's Corners		Note #1
West Beaver		Al A. Matthias	Rt. 3, Greenwood
West Eaton Cheese Factory		1. Theodore Wessel; 2. Harry Schlinsog; 3. Dairy Belt. (This factory became a tavern)	4 mi. southwest of Greenwood
West Eaton		West Eaton Cheese Co.	Rt. 5, Greenwood
West Fremont		Otto H. Yordi	Rt. 1, Granton
West Side Cheese Factory	American	Setsche / Zetsche & Schlingsog	Warner Twp.	1909
West Side		Henry Mueller	Rt. 2, Spencer
Western Condensing Co.	Milk Powder & Whey Sugar	Foremost Dairies, Inc.	Owen
West Worden #2		West Worden Dairy Co.	Rt. 2, Stanley
White Birch Cheese Factory	Cheddar	Joe Gubell	Thorp	Neighborhood Operation
White Clover		Ignatz Wojkiewicz	Thorp
White Eagle Dairy		Steve Losiewicz, sold to Blue Moon	5 mi. north of Thorp, WI
White House Milk Products	Evaporated Milk under the A. & P. Food Stores Label	Subsidiary of Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.	Abbotsford
Wild Cherry Factory, later named Raber Foods.	Cheddar	First owned by Mike and Verna Teclaw and was destroy by fire about 1929; in 1956-Laura Natzke owned a factory using this name.	Thorp
Wildwood Cheese Factory		Vandi & Louis Suda	R.R., Greenwood, Wis., (Sec. 35, Reseburg Twp.)
Willard		Willard Co-operative Dairy Co.	Willard
Wisconsin Dairies	Manufactures of butter, Cheese, powder, & fluid Milk		Neillsville, WI	1979
Withee Creamery & Skimming Station		George E. Peterson	Withee	1909
Witt Cheese Factory		Laura Natzke & 4 sons after the death of her husband. This factory was previously known as the Wild Cherry Cheese Factory (see that facility above).	North of Thorp
Witt, Ed. J's Factory
Witt, Erwin H. Cheese Factory
Woodside		August Pieper; Note	Rt. 3, Greenwood (bef. 1942); corner of present day Robin Ave. & Lover's Road, Sec. 23 in the Town of Beaver
Worden Cheese Factory (East)	Cheese & Grocery	Louis Badzinski	6 mi. so. of Thorp in an area known as "Cozy Corners"	1933 era
Worden Cheese Factory (West)			Worden
Wuethrich Creamery (Grassland)	Butter & non-fat powder	John Wuethrich	Greenwood	1973, 1979
York Center	Cheddar, American	1. Heibel & Gullick, 2. Emil M. Schoenfeld	Rt. 4, Neillsville	1909
York Center Cheese Factory		L. B. Gunia rebuilt the plant in the early 1950s. In 1973 it was purchased by Art Masanz, then in 1984 by Harold & Lois Mayer who renamed it "Mayer Dairy, Inc." It closed in 2001	York	Established operation excellently located in a productive area, installed a new plant pasteurizer in 1957.
York Cheese Factory	American	J. B. Daugetee	Sec. 27, York Township	1909
York Dairy		1. M. C. Mertens, 2. Ken & David Bletsoe; John Mullins	Granton, WI	#1; 1967, modern concrete block building; new plate pasteurizer installed in 1957.
York Dairy/Breseman Cheese Factory		Al Breseman	3 1/2 mi. NW of Granton	#1
Zbinden Factory				#1
Zelm Cheese Factory	#1
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Cheese Factory #1