Cheese Factories & Dairies of Clark Co., WI

                   Compiled by the Clark County, Wisconsin History Buffs

 

Business Name Product & Notes Owners/Managers Location

Time of Operation

A. M. Steinwand   A. M. Steinwand Colby Twp.  
Acme Creamery Co.   Orlo Robinson Weston  
American Store Dairy Employees   8th & Hewett in Neillsville, WI 1940
Atwood   Joseph Schuh Rt. 1 Owen  
Bachman's East Worden Cheese Factory   Rudolph Bachman, sold to the Blue Moon. 6 miles south of Thorp  
Banner   Harry Eide Sec. 34, Fremont  
Banner   H. E. Wordell Granton  
Banner   Charles A. Bulgrin Rt. 2, Owen  
Beatrice Cheese INC.     Marshfield & Dorchester, WI 1988, 1991, 1994
Beaver Cheese Factory   Jessie J. Spieles 5 mi. northeast of Loyal, WI  
Beaver Cheese Factory   John Joss Beaver Townshiip  
Big Four   Charles Devall Beaver Township  
Big Four   Richard M. Schmitz Rt. 1, Unity  
Black River Cheese Factory   Otto Brown Rt. 2, Withee  
Blodgett Cheese Factory Notes: #1, #2     1917
Blue Moon Cheese Factory        
Blumenstein & Bornheimer   J. F. Tessmer Colby Twp.  
Boardman   Boardman Bros. Rt. 2, Stanleey  
Braun Settlement Cheese Factory Note: #1, #2 (Photos) Ted Braun, A. Liebzeit Greenwood, Sec. 6, Warner Twp.  
Breezy Hill   O. W. Freimund Rt. 3, Thorp  
Breseman Cheese Factory/York Dairy Packaged Rindless Cheddar 1. Breseman; 2. John Mullins    
Bright Creamery   H. A. Bright Green Grove  
Burtard Cheese Factory #1   Curtiss 1918-1919
Buss Cheese Factory (Clark Co-op?)        
Butterville   Alfred Noah Greenwood  
Bymer Dairy        
Cannonville   Christian Feutz Rt. 4, Granton  
Carnation Milk Condensary     Owen  
Catlin Corners Cheese Factory Cheddar & Colby Jenks Dairy Co., Gordon Randt, operator Hwy. 98, east of Loyal, WI  
Chili Cheese Factory   O. F. Sampe Chili  
Chili Milk Pool Co-op   Howard G. Geldernick, mgr.    1967, 1973
Chili Riverside Co-operative Cheese     Chili  
Clark County Butter Company   Mike Prock Weston  
Clark County Central   H. W. Decker Warner Twp.  
Clark County Central   Arnold Beyer Greenwood  
Clark County Cheese Factory   Mike Teclaw 5 mi. northeast of Loyal  
Clark County (Comb.)   Clark Co. Butter Co. Neillsville  
Clover Belt Creamery   Thomas McAdams Owen  
Clover Belt   Fred Greve Thorp  
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   Math Meyer Rt. 2, Stanley  
Clover Leaf Factory   Norman Western   1956
Cloverleaf Dairy   Harry Schlinsog 3 mi. W & 2 mi. S. of Greenwood at the NE corner of Chickadee & Cty. Hwy. O 1943
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.  

R. A. Zickert

Grant Twp.  
Christie  

J. A. Hauser

Rt. 3, Neillsville  
Crystal Creamery  

Seitz Brothers

Sec. 8, York  
Curtiss (Comb.)  

Adolph Luethy

Curtiss  
Curtiss Dairy Co.  

Emil A. Laabs

Curtiss, WI  
Dahl  

George W. Dahl

Loyal  
Daisy Dairy  

John Joss

Loyal  
Day  

Joseph Babler

Zachow  
Day Cream & Cheese Co.  

J. W. Short

Sec. 2, Levis  
Dells Dam Butter & Cheese Factory   Victor Horton Sec. 17, Levis Twp.  
Dill Creek Cheese Factory Cheddar John Tesmer, Laurence Hoernke Colby  
Dodge Creamery Co.   Dodge Creamery Co.    
Dodgeville Factory   Waterstreet & Smith; W. F. Naulin Rt. 1, Loyal  
Dorchester Cheese Co. Inc. Colby 1. O. G. Peterson; 2. Fred & Jerome Reynolds & Cliff Wetterau Mayville Twp.  
Dorchester   E. J. Mechelke Rt. 1, Dorchester  
Dore & Austin's Cheese Factory     Grant Township 1881
Durst, Walter        
East Pleasant Ridge Dairy/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
Eaton Center   Eaton Center Cheese Co. Greenwood  
Eau Clarie Creamery Co.   Eau Claire, WI Greenwood  
Edgewood   David E. Norleen Rt. 1, Abbotsford  
Elmdale/Rasmussen/Greenwood Valley Cheese factory Cheddar Walter Rasmussen    
Enterprise Creamery   1. A. C. F. Witt; 2. O. W. Becker Rt. 2, Lynn  
F. Albert Dairy Co.   A. Albert Thorp  
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  
Favorite Note #1 Hans Nielsen Estate Rt. 2, Withee  
Feutz Cannonville Cheese Factory        
Fischer's Cheese Factory Note #1 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). ca 1956
Flick Cheese Factory        
Flunker Cheese Factory   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/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 Gorman Rd, just south of the intersection of Twenty-six Rd, Hendren Township 1917-1957
Granton Cream and Cheese Factory   C. A. Cuth Granton  
Granton   Oscar A. Petersen Granton  
Grasshorn-Falk Creamery     Greenwood, Eaton Township  
Grassland Dairy Products, Inc. Wi. Cheese & Dairy Products   Greenwood 1967, 1973, 1991, 1994, 2003
Green Grove  

Gustav Sampe

Colby  
Greenwood Cheese Factory  

Dr. Fuchs

Greenwood  
Greenwood (Comb.)  

John Wuetrich

Greenwood  
Greenwood Creamery  

Eau Claire Creamery

Greenwood 1910
Greenwood Dairy  

1. D. M. Watson 2. Theodore W. Mech

Greenwood  
Greenwood Milk Products Co-op Cheddar Neighboring Farmers   1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988
Gruenke's Dairy        
Gubeli's White Birch Cheese Factory   Joe Gubeli    
Gust Sampe   Gust Sampe Colby Twp.  
H. J. Grell Butter and Egg Co.   H. J. Grell Neillsville  
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   1. Erwin C. Koepsel, 2. 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. J. P. Burtard; 2. H. W. Marquardt Sec. 11, Hoard Twp. 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   Humbird Cheese Co. Humbird  
Humbird Creamery Co.   Fred Theiler Humbird, WI  
Huntzicker Cheese Factory       1878
J. F. Steinwand   J. F. Steinwand Colby Twp.  
Jacob's Dairy, Ad     Rt. 3, Neillsville Mar., 1949-?
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    Francis Knops 15 mi. southwest of Greenwood  
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   Jacob Tjepkema, cheesemaker 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
Levis Cheese Factory   William H. Rath 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 James N. Biser 7 mi. northeast of Thorp, WI  
Lombard Dairy Co.   Broeren & Decker 3 mi. northeast of Thorp, WI  
Lone Oak Cheese Factory Cheddar 1. Louis H. Horn, 2. Walter Emerson 3. Fremont Wonn Rt. 1, Withee  
Lone Pine Cheese Factory Cheddar Frank Meske East of Thorp  
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.   Ed Swenson Longwood Twp.  
Loyal Jenks (comb.)   Loyal Jenks Dairy Co. Loyal  
Luethy, A. D. #1      
Luther's Cheese #1 Bukosy? Beaver, E. of  LaTart School 1920
Lynn Cheese Factory (Dairy)  (website) #1 Family owned since 1949 (2003 Plat Book  Rach Just outside Neillsville (Granton) 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988, 2003
Lynn Dairy   1. Harry Schlinsog 2. William Schwantes Sr.   1948-49
Magadenz Cheese Factory, (Later Holt's)   Magadenz, Albert Holt, Herbert Uttech Section 5, York Twp.  
Mandel Cheese Factory   David Mandel, Mrs. (Barbara) Mandel who ran it aft. her husband died. Beaver Twp.or Rt. 1 Owen  
Mandel   Alfred (or Albert?) & Lena Mandel 2 mi. north of Loyal, then 1 1/2 mi. east 1926-1947
Mandel's Cheese Factory Colby Ernst Mandel Rt. 2, Colby 1908-?
Mandel & Kademann   Mandel & Kademann Rt. 2, Colby  
Mauel's Ice Cream Ice Cream Henry Mauel, Jr Owen 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988
Maple Grove Cheese Factory   R. H. Sleyster Sec. 14, Sherman  
Maple Grove Factory   Richard Meyers Sec. 14, Unity  
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 Area Farmers No. Main St., Abbotsford  
Marten   Emil W. Marten Spencer  
Martin Cheese Factory   H. A. Martin Sec. 25, Unity Township  
Mathias Cheese Factory #1      
Mayville Cheese Factory   A. Natchway; Erich Beisner, owner;  his brother Herman Beisner, Cheesemaker. Mayville Twp.  
Mayville (Comb.)   Anton Nachtwey Dorchester  
Meyers Cheese Factory   E. C. Meyers Sec. 5, Unity  
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 #1      
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 Area Farmers 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 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 Gordon H. Munson Near Curtiss  
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 Creamery   Seitz Bros. Loyal  
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.   Geo. E. Crothers Neillsville  
Pine Valley Cream Association   O. M. Arnold Sec. 16, Pine Valley  
Pleasant Ridge Cheese Factory Cheddar E. O. Franz 9 mi. northwest of Greenwood  
Pleasant Ridge Cheese Factory   H. A. Martin Grant Center  
Pleasant Ridge Creamery   1. A. A. Huckstead 2. Robert Petznick 4 mi. southeast of Neillsville, Rt. 1 1898
Pleasant View   Louis Rach Loyal  
Pleasant View   Fred O. Justman Unity  
Pleasant View Creamery   Charles E. Eckerle Sec. 12, Reseburg  
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   Thorp 1988
Reber Cheese        
Reseburg Cheese Factory; #1 Picture with history Reseburg Cheese Co., 1. Otto Sommer; 2. Casmer Boyarski, also had a retail store with it. Sec. 8, Reseburg  
Ripplinger Cheese Factory Cheddar Swift & Co.; operated by Pauley Cheese Co.    
Riverside   Riverside Co-operative Chili  
Riverside Cheese Factory   1. August Dankemeyer, 2. Harry Eide Sec. 15, Fremont Twp. 1906 - 1958
Riverview   James Holmes Rt. 2, Unity  
Roger Creek Cheese Factory   Walter Fero Sec. 29, Thorp Twp.  
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   E. A. Schilling Hwy 13 near Abbotsford, relocated after it was destroyed by a June 1958 tornado  
Schlinsog Dairy Milk 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  
Sherman Cheese Factory   P. Knickle & Son Sherman Twp.  
Sherman Cheese Factory   George Fisher, Jr. Spencer  
Sherwood Dairy   Sherwood Dairy Co. Rt. 4, Granton  
Shortville Dairy Co.   Charles Winters Washburn Twp.  
Sommer Cheese Factory   Wm. & Otto Sommer Rt. 1, Thorp 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 Green Grove Co-operative        
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   E. H. Tucker Sec. 34, York Twp.  
South York   M. L. Trichel Granton  
Spokeville Cheese Factory   C. A. Voight Sec. 19, Sherman Twp.  
Spokeville Cheese Factory   Otto G. Rohde Rt. 2, Spencer  
Star   E. H. Tober Granton  
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  
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   Bruno Nurmi 5 mi. south of Thorp, WI  
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   Herman F. Seefeld Spencer  
Unity Dairy Products Colby & Cheddar Cheese H. E. Mandel Unity, WI 1967
Uttech Cheese Factory   Herb Uttech    
Voght   E. C. Voght of Madison Unity  
Wahlen Cheese Factory        
Warner   1. William Laabs 2. Henry Mueller Rt. 2, Greenwood  
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   Zetsche & Schlingsog Warner Twp.  
West Side   Henry Mueller Rt. 2, Spencer  
Western Condensing Co. Milk Powder & Whey Sugar Foremost Dairies, Inc. Owen  
West Worden   West Worden Dairy Co. Rt. 2, Stanley  
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   Abbotsford  
Wild Cherry Factory   Wild Cherry Cheese Co.; in 1956-Laura Natzke Thorp  
Wildwood Cheese Factory        
Willard   Willard Co-operative Dairy Co. Willard  
Wisconsin Dairies Manufactures of butter, Cheese, powder, & fluid Milk   Neillsville, WI 1979
Withee Creamery  

George E. Peterson

Withee  
Witt Cheese Factory   Laura Natzke & 4 sons after the death of her husband North of Thorp  
Witt, Ed. J's Factory        
Witt, Erwin H. Cheese Factory        
Woodland View Factory   Francis Knops 15 mi. SW of Greenwood  
Woodside   August Pieper Rt. 3, Greenwood  
Worden Cheese Factory     Worden  
Wuethrich Creamery (Grassland) Butter John Wuethrich Greenwood  1973, 1979
York Center   Emil M. Schoenfeld Neillsville  
York Center Cheese Factory   L. B. Gunia rebuilt the plant in the early 1950s. York  
York Cheese Factory   J. B. Daugetee Sec. 27, York Township  
York Dairy   1. M. C. Mertens, 2. Ken & David Bletsoe; John Mullins Granton, WI 1967
Zelm Cheese Factory        
Unknown        
Cheese Factory #1