Hillside Cheese Factory
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Village or Township: Perry Township
Address: 1382 SH 78, Mount Horeb, WI Years of Operation: <1913 - 1961 Cheesemakers: John J. Sager (1928), John Gehrig (1951) Cheese Types: Brick, Swiss, Muenster Patrons: Otto Hill. Albert Boley, Ray Wiest, Ruben Grinder, Olaf Docken, Alida Anderson, Herman Hefty (co-owners) sold to Walter R. Schwarz in 1961 to remove building. Notes: Razed. Originally O.O. Hill's farm. Foundation was still there in the late 1970's. Site of current Perry Twp. Garage. "Hillside" in "The historic Perry Norwegian settlement". Herman Hefty, sec.1950'-1960's Biennial report of the Dairy and Food Commissioner of WI: "Hill Side" 1913. Mt. Horeb PO 1913-1930. 
Perry Town garage on site of cheese factory
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Map: 1954
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