Celebrating Our Past: Aug. 7, 2019 - Monroe Times

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Celebrating Our Past: Aug. 7, 2019

Photo supplied by the National Historical Cheesemaking Center

old photo — Photo supplied by the National Historical Cheesemaking Center

Cheesemaker Wilbur Klemm and his assistant Herman (Bud) Brugger stand at the Jordan Prairie Cheese Factory, northwest of Brodhead. The factory produced cheese from the 1890s (or earlier) until the factory closed in 1959.