Badger / Connor Cheese Factory

Village or Township: Primrose Township

​Address: 8174 CTH A, Verona, WI

Years of Operation: <1890 - 1941​

Cheesemakers: ​Arnold Bruegger; Cris Gerber; John Rettenmund; John Kuehney; Fred Giligan; John Erb (1928); Ernest and Mary Ruegsegger

Cheese Types: Block, Brick, Limburger, American, Swiss

​Patrons: Oliver Hanna; Henry Austin; George Davidson; Joe Brink; Daniel O'Connor; Andrew Sulland; Ole Olson; Danielsons; Melvin K. Peters; Dish; George Cross; Ed Osmonson; L. O'Niel; Andrew Peterson; Carl Erfurth; Knudt Olsen
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Notes: Merged with Colby Cheese Factory in 1897.

Biennial report of the Dairy and Food Commissioner of WI: Dan Connor, Henry Austin, mgrs; Primrose PO 1896, Mt. Vernon 1898, 1901, 1903; Mt. Horeb PO 1906, 1913, 1916; RD 2 1909; Primrose PO 1922, Verona 1930
Plat Map: 1890
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