Gulson Cheese Factory
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Vermont Township
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4409 Blue Mounds Trail,
Black Earth WI 53515 
1911- for reference only, no cheese factory noted.
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Operated: 1918 - Early 1930's
Cheesemakers: Fred Zimmerman, Jost Hoesli (1928), Eddie Jorgenson, Oscar Roshardt
Cheese Types: Block Swiss, brick, American
Patrons: Melvin Huset; Anton Severson
Notes: Built on Pleasant Valley Rd. just up from Gulson farm (?-Blue Mounds Tr.). Jost Hoesli won gold watch at expo in Chicago for his cheese. George Gulson was manager of Vermont Cheese Factory in 1909, 1913.
Biennial report of the Dairy and Food Commissioner of WI: Black Earth PO 1922, 1930. |
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