Allamakee co. Creamery Directory  Farmers Co-Operative Creamery, Postville, built 1907 |
1894 Allamakee co. Creameries
| Office No. | Located at or near |
Name of Creamery or Cheese Factory |
Proprietor, Secretary or Manager |
P.O. Address of Proprietor, Sec'y or Manager | Shipping Station | Product Manufactured | Operated by
individual, co-operative or stock company |
Separator (S), Gathered cream (GC) or both (B) |
| 318 | Dorchester | New Albin Creamery Co. | New
Albin Creamery Co. |
New Albin | New Albin | Butter | Stock | GC |
| 319 | Lansing | New Albin Creamery Co. | New
Albin Creamery Co. |
New Albin | Lansing | Butter | Stock | GC |
| 320 | Lycurgus | Lycurgus Creamery | G.L. Hubbell, Sec'y | Waukon | Waukon | Butter | Stock | GC |
| 321 | New Albin | New Albin Creamery Co. | New
Albin Creamery Co. |
Decorah | New Albin | Butter | Stock | GC |
| 60 | Postville | Postville Farmers' Co-op | Ellison Orr, Sec'y | Postville | Postville | Butter | Co-op | S |
| 323 | Quandahl | Arctic Spring Creamery | J.D. Johnson | Quandahl | Spring Grove, Minn. | Butter | Ind. | GC |
| 324 | Village Creek | Village Creek | New
Albin Creamery Co. |
New Albin | Lansing | Butter | Stock | GC |
| 136 | Volney | Ossian Creamery Co. | A.O. Elvidge & Co. | Ossian | Volney | Butter | Stock | S & GC |
| 325 | Waterville | Farmers
Co-op Creamery & Commercial Co. |
A. Asleson, Sec'y | Waterville | Waterville | Butter | Co-op | GC |
| 152 | Waukon | Ludlow Co-op Creamery Co. | A.G. Winter, Sec'y | Waukon | Waukon | Butter | Co-op | S |
| 39 | Waukon | Oak Leaf Creamery | G.L. Hubbell, Sec'y | Waukon | Waukon | Butter | Stock | S & GC |
~source: Eighth Annual Report of the State Dairy Commissioner to the Governor of the State of Iowa, for the year 1894; F.R. Conaway, state printer, 1895
~extracted & transcribed by S. Ferrall for Allamakee co. IAGenWeb
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Farmers Waukon Creamery, undated
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1906 Allamakee co. Creameries
| Office Record No. | Creamery Name | Name of Proprietor, Secretary or Manager | P.O Address of Proprietor, Secretary or Manager | Name of Buttermaker | Type of Creamery |
| 9 | Farmers' Mutual Co-op Creamery Co. | Ben Schwarzhoff | Dorchester | E.F. Monke | Co-operative |
| 10 | Calhoun Cremery Co. (Lansing) | P.E. O'Donnell | Church | K.V. Ferris | Co-operative |
| 11 | Postville Farmers Co-op Creamery Co. | F.H. Welzell | Postville | Jas. A. Gordon | Co-operative |
| 12 | Farmers Co-op Creamery & Commercial Co. | T.S. Buringrud | Waterville | F.W. Hessel | Co-operative |
| 13 | Ludlow Co-op Creamery Co. | F.A. Sanderman | Waukon | W.P. Muth | Co-operative |
| 14 | Arctic Springs Creamery Association (Quandahl) | O.C. Flatberg | Spring Grove, Minn. | M.E. Bakken | Co-operative |
| 15 | Farmers Waukon Co-op Creamery Co. | J.L. White | Waukon | Jackson Smith | Co-operative |
| 16 | New Albin Co-op Creamery Co. | R.G. May | New Albin | E. Rice | Co-operative |
~source: Twentieth Annual Report of State Dairy Commissioner to the Governor of the State of Iowa for the year 1906, by H.R. Wright, Food & Dairy Commissioner, printed 1907
~extracted & transcribed by S. Ferrall for Allamakee co. IAGenWeb
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1930 Postville Creamery
Farmers Co-Operative Creamery, ca 1930
Postville, Iowa
That the Postville Farmers Creamery is still going stong is evidenced by the fact that forty-three of the patrons pulled down checks for $100 and over during the month of March.
| Patron | Amount |
| H.N. Turner | $445.13 |
| Caldow Bros. | $341.40 |
| Ed Gass | $310.94 |
| M.C. Deering & Son | $305.14 |
| Ross Koth | $260.35 |
| Ed Schlee | $227.00 |
| Ernest Groth & Son | $197.08 |
| F.L. Williams | $190. 60 |
| Art Foels | $177.57 |
| Christofferson & Marston | $170.56 |
| E.T. Paulson | $161.29 |
| J.C. Weihe | $160. 14 |
| Fred Kneeskern | $158.83 |
| Tom Monroe | $158.79 |
| Mrs. C.H. Schroeder | $157.19 |
| Will Schwinefus | $155.55 |
| Warner Harris | $154.48 |
| S.A. Green & Son | $147.02 |
| Ervin Dickman | $144.60 |
| Albert Foels | $148.25 |
| Kamp & Schroeder | $141.45 |
| Alvin Meyer | $138.94 |
| Fred Everman | $138.86 |
| Will Koenig | $136.61 |
| C.C. Meyer | $130.01 |
| K.J. Kerr | $127.67 |
| Art Schroeder | $127.38 |
| John Dyke | $126.89 |
| Ed McNeil | $125.05 |
| Will Everman | $122.83 |
| Mrs. B. Brainard estate | $122.79 |
| Ben Erickson | $120.62 |
| Henry Larson | $114.59 |
| Schultz & Schroeder | $112.75 |
| W.H. Meyer | $111.72 |
| Cevert Meyer | $109.42 |
| H.C. Meyer | $108.11 |
| L.H. Lenth | $104.09 |
| E.H. Brandt | $102.37 |
| Frank Lawson | $101.22 |
| Ira Smith | $100.90 |
| Huebner & Webster | $100.65 |
| Lawrence Welzel | $100.57 |
~source: Postville Herald, May 1, 1930
~transcribed by S. Ferrall~source of photos on this page are from the private collection of S. Ferrall, "The photos were among my grandfather, Fred Groth's personal papers. He and my grandmother Dorothy bought the old Postville creamery in 1939 and operated a poultry business in the building. His father Ernest Groth is listed as receiving a check. The old building stood until December 2003, when the building burnt to the ground, was the Iowa Turkey Products plant. The Waukon creamery picture was on a photo postcard. There is no date on the card.
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