Property: Clark Co., WI Creameries & Cheese Factories - 1910

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Voigt, Eide, Lerch, Madel, Steinwand, Luethy, Sample, Burtard, Nechelke, Nachtwey, Becker, Gerlach, Peterson, Manning, Johnson, Preston, Rack, Kinkle, Seitz, Salzwedl, Kust, Schlinsog, Noah, Joss, Coyne, Heibel, Reed, Haack, Daughhette, Schwantes, Schoenfeld, Martin, Dallman, Meyer, Boardman, Leangemak, Schultze, Baldeschwiler, Sommer, Cammers, Meyers, Mandel, Jenks, Alberts, Koch

----Source: WISCONSIN CHEESE FACTORIES, CREAMERIES AND CONDENSERIES ISSUED BY J. Q. EMERY, DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSIONER, MADISON, WISCONSIN, October, 1913. Pg. 15-16

1910 Clark County, Wisconsin Cheese, Creamery and Skimming Factories

Cheese Factories

Creameries

Skimming Factories

Property: Clark Co., WI Creameries & Cheese Factories - 1900

----Source: WISCONSIN DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSIONER REPORT (1900), page 101-102

1900 LIST OF CHEESE FACTORIES AND CREAMERIES IN CLARK COUNTY, WISCONSIN

Steinwand Cheese Co. (2) - Colby
Sommerfeldt Cheese Factory Fred Sommerfeldt - Colby

Louis Weller Cheese Factory - Colby
Louis Girel Cheese Factory - Colby
Jerry Daugherty - Thorp
H. Laabs - Curtiss
Enterprise Cheese Factory, G A. Hirsch - Lynn
Fred Somerfeldt - Colby
Arthur Water - Withee
Val Casper - Sullivan
Beaver Cheese Factory - Wm. Welsh - Loyal
Dorchester Cheese Co., H G Parge - Dorchester
Cheese Factory, M. A. Nacthwey - Dorchester
Pine Valley Cheese Factory, Frank Wirth - Neillsville
Aug. Schultz - Spencer
Frank Pritzel - Stanley
Otto Decker - Hemlock
Henry Jacobi - Abbotsford
S. R. Darla - Granton
Farmers' Cheese Co. - Dorchester
Distelhorst & Co. - .Dorchester
Delamater & Palms - Greenwood
Herman Laabs - Green Grove
S. D. Gibson Wilcox
Holtzhausen Cheese Factory - Reseburg
Joseph Frame - Unity

Jos. Frane - Unity
Brighton Cheese Factory - Unity
Wm. B. McPherson - Spencer

A. F. Barchardt Cheese Factory Spencer

CLARK COUNTY, WISCONSIN CREAMERIES, 1900

Longwood Co-op. Creamery - Longwood
Clark Co. Butter Co. Mike Frock, Mgr., - Globe
Christie Creamery Co. Ross Paulson, Mgr., - Granton
Granton Creamery Ross Paulson, Mgr.. - Granton
H. B. J. Andrus Creamery - Neillsville
Pleasant Ridge Creamery W. G. Hyslop, Mgr.. - Blair
Chas. Schlinsog Creamery - Granton
Albert Alberta Creamery - Thorp
Skimming Station Geo. Bue. - Shortville
Loyal Creamery Jenks Bros.. - Loyal
Clark Cavita Butter Co. W. C. Thorns. Prest. - Neillsville
Christie Creamery Co W. K. Armitage, Prest. - Christie
Creamery Jerry Danhertz - Thorp
Pine Valley Creamery H. B. Andrews, Owner, - Neillsville
Pleasant Ridge Creamery Co. - Neillsville
Clark Co. Swimming Station Win. Dux, Owner  -Neillsville
Greenwood & Zetsche - Greenwood
Longwood Creamery H. A. Bright - Black River Falls. (Jackson Co.)

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Clark County, Wisconsin Cheesemaker News

1885

----Source: Obit: Brick, Christopher P. (1873 - 1972)

"I came to Greenwood in 1875 and lived on my father's farm, which is now in the city limits. At that time there were three stores, four saloons, and one blacksmith's shop. The second schoolhouse then stood on the corner where the Greenwood State Bank now stands. Father used to bring all supplies by wagon from Sparta, while mother was cooking in the camp. During my days we freighted our supplies from Hatfield, Jackson County, and the stage brought mail and passengers from Black River Falls. This town was a rough place. The loggers would come in, spend their money for whiskey, get drunk and fight, and many times they tore up the sidewalks. In 1885 a creamery was started here, but failed. They later tried it again, but failed for want of cows. I ran a store and post office at Hemlock for two years, and also ran the sawmill, but the flood of 1914 took the dam and gristmill and sawmill out."  C. P. Brick

1901

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner, 20 Sep 1901

BEAVER NEWS - Sept. 16

Mr. Brown, who has a cheese factory in the Darton district, was in this vicinity looking up a site for a cheese factory and to see how many cows he could get. He stated that he had over one hundred cows promised and that he will put his cheese factory on the corner across from the La Tart school house. Mr. La Tart will lease him what ground he will need for this purpose. Mr. Brown said that he will erect the factory this fall bus will not get it to running till next spring.

1902

----Source: Marshfield Times April 25, 1902

Herman Marten is building a new cheese factory near the Neillsville poor farm. The machinery for the same was shipped here by mistake and August Voulker took it to Neillsville. Mr. Marten is now the owner of six cheese factories.

1928

----Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune July 30, 1928

Cheesemakers to Picnic, August 2

Auburndale, July 30—Miss Linda
Bruhn, secretary of the Central Wisconsin Cheesemakers, Buttermakers and Dairymen's Advancement association announces that the annual picnic for her organization will be held at Lynn, Clark county, Thursday August 2, starting in the afternoon and extending through the evening. Wilson Mallory of Granton will address the picnic.  Various contests and sports are being arranged. There will be a dance in the evening.

----Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune July 30, 1928

Cheese Factories in County Win Prizes in State Beauty Contest

County prizes were awarded as follows:
 

Dane county—Blue Mounds factory, Blue Mounds, Gqotlieb Weiren.

Fond du Lac county — Scannel Cheese factory, Campbellsport, G. H. Scannel; Dotyville Cheese factory, Calvary, Oswald Reitz; Woodside Co-op Cheese factory, Eldorado, Emil Abegglen.

Green county—Advance Cheese factory, Monroe, Emil Baumgartner; Martintown Cheese factory Martintown, Charles E. Helm; Kueng Cheese factory, Juda, Peter Schil.

Lincoln county — Evergreen Cheese factory, Merrill, C. 'H. Schneider; Hillside Cheese ffcctory, Merrill, George D. Schils.

Sheboygan county—Maple Grove Cheese factory, Plymouth, Louis Erbe; Otter Creek factory, Plymouth, Hugo C. Kaufmann; Town Herman Cheese factory, Elkhart Lake, Walt Luecke.

Wood county—Rock Cheese and Butter Co., Auburndale, Linda C. Bruhn; South Randolph Co-op Cheese factory, Wisconsin Rapids, Jesse Spieles.

1931

----Source: Madison Capital Times October 26, 1931

List Clark County Awards as follows:

CLARK COUNTY—Won by Willard cheese factory, Willard, Emil E. Mech, $25; 2nd, Beaver Cheese factory, Loyal, Jesse J. Spieles, $15;  3rd, Pleasant View 'cheese factory, Unity, George Pflanzer $10; honorable mention and diplomas, Pleasant Ridge creamery of Neillsville Creamery Co., Neillsville, Vinton Lee and Pleasant View cheese factory, Loyal, William A. Seeman.

1934

----Source: Sheboygan Press November 15, 1934

High Scorers Named in Sweepstakes at Cheese Exposition

List of Clark County, Wisconsin Winners of Prizes in State Exposition
Being Held at Big Convention.

Class 4 -- Colby cheese

M. H. Parsons - Dorchester - 93.00

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Class 1 -- American Cheese Grade before July 30, 1934

#124 G. J. Vivoda - Greenwood - 90.50
#130 Fremont Wonn - Withee - 90.50
#139 R.F. Gotter - Loyal - 92.50
#240 Jesse J. Spieles - Loyal - 92.50
#260 Jesse J. Spieles - Loyal - 93.00
#270 Herman Kolkofen - Greenwood - 91.00

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Class 4 --Colby Type Cheese

#314 G. J. Vivoda - Greenwood - 91.50
#375 Wm. J. Champeau - Beaver, Rt. 1 - 92.00
#285 R.F. Gotter - Loyal - 90.00
#419 Theo. W. Mech - Greenwood 90.50
#420 George E. Foelech - Greenwood, Rt. 3 - 90.00
#425 M. H. Parsons - Dorchester - 93
#434 H. E. Mandel - Unity - 92.00

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Class 5 -- Drum Swiss

#505 Ernst Herrmann - Neillsville - 90.00

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Class 8 -- Brick Cheese

#820 Warner Gempeler - Greenwood - 93.00

Index of Clark County, Wis. Cheese Factories, Dairies and Creameries