Rock Hill / Ole Osmonson/ C. England Cheese Factory
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Primrose Township
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8904 CTH G at Lafollette Rd.,
Mt. Horeb WI 53572 
1890
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Operated: 1884 - >1947
Cheesemakers: Gottfried Erb (1928), Christ Wealty, Christ and Fannie (Loseneger) Baumgartner, Henry and Louise (Schuetz) Baumgartner, Fred Balmoos, Ronocker, Rastauffer, John Luethy, Johan Heimann, Fred Muehleman
Cheese Types: Brick, block, Swiss
Patrons: Ole Osmonson; Peter O. Baker; Bjorn O. Skuldt; Ole O. Lee; Christ England; John Baker; Ben Skuldt; Frank Judd; Milo Melland; Ted Halvorson; Otto Jelle; Stanley Hamilton; Benford Lee; Ed Gunhus; Knut Hustad; Melvin Hustad; Gerhardt England; James Jacobson
Notes: Biennial report of the Dairy and Food Commissioner of WI: In 1896, 1898 C. England listed as having a cheese factory in Primrose at this location. As Rock Hill - M. Folkestad and Wittwer, Edw. & Bro. mgrs. Primrose PO 1896, Mt. Horeb 1913, 1916, 1922, 1930, RD 6 1906, 1909.
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