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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Weighing Cheese Curds

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Description: The finished cheese curds are weighed and poured into forms to make a 40 pound block of cheese.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Packaging Room

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Description: CEO Joe Widmer stands in the newly added area used for cheese packaging.
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Buckhorn Food and Spirits — Exterior

Date: 08 15 1997
Description: "The Buckhorn Restaurant is located several miles southeast of Fox Lake on Cty. Tr. A." From left to right; John Bodden, Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widmer, Rudy...
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Break-A-Way — Exterior

Date: 06 01 2001
Description: "The Break-A-Way bar is in St. Lawrence, a short hop south from Theresa."
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La Sure's

Date: 11 12 2004
Description: The fish fry group outside of La Sure's. The signboard advertises today's special, fish fry.
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Crabby Joe's Pub and Grill

Date: 10 23 2009
Description: "This is Crabby Joe's Pub and Grill. When we visited this place on January 16, 2004, it was known as Schuyler Street Pub, in Uptown Neosho. The address is ...
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Widmer Milk Truck

Date: 1958
Description: "The Widmer milk truck gets bogged down in the Bill Breitag driveway, north of Theresa."
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Widmer Milk Truck

Date: 1958
Description: "Digging out the milk truck in the Breitag Road."
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Milk Delivery

Date: 1958
Description: "A sled was used to convey the milk cans. Shown are Ralph Widmer, Bill Breitag, and Ken Reimer."
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Bulk Truck

Date: 1958
Description: "This was an early bulk truck for picking up milk. The box had room for a whey tank, to return whey to the farm."
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Widmer Milk Truck

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Description: A man loads a Widmer delivery truck with milk cans.
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: "Leroy Koll removes milk cans from the conveyor at Widmer's Cheese Factory."
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1958
Description: "Erhard Luhn comes to the cheese factory in a sleigh."
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1968
Description: "Paul Koll loads empty milk cans at Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 03 1959
Description: "Erhard Luhn, Richard Sigler, & Howard Greiner are bringing milk to Widmer Cheese Factory in a horse-drawn sleigh."
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Honoring Eugene Gerlach

Date: 1975
Description: "Eugene Gerlach is honored for his many years in the Fire Department. He is flanked by his grandson, Gene Koll, & Chief Bernard Adelmeyer."
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Schlitz Beer Sign

Date: 1960
Description: "Schlitz beer sign on Highway 41."
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Baker Canning Company

Date: 06 1948
Description: "Baker Canning Company."
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 08 1947
Description: "Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Ridge and Furrow Disposal System

Date: 05 1980
Description: "On a hillside off McArthur Road, waste water from Widmer Cheese Factory is dumped into a ridge & furrow disposal system."

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