Tag Archives: Garden Home Dairy

Dairies of Garden Home

Posted on October 20, 2023 by GHHP

This article examines the dairies in the greater Garden Home area: Recollections of area dairies Alpenrose Dairy (Cadonau) Shattuck Dairy (Gertsch) Von Bergen Dairy Fanno Creek Dairy (Feldman) Garden Home Dairy (Marugg) Hoffman Balmer Dairy Schallberger Dairy Fulton Park Dairy … Continue reading →

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Stanley Marugg

Posted on October 30, 2015 by GHHP

The old Marugg hay barn, off of south Oleson Road, was the local hang-out for Garden Home kids in the 1930s and 1940s.  Hay bales could be pulled around and stacked into all sorts of forts and tunnels.  Joanne Day … Continue reading →

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Early Dairies by Pete Gertsch

Posted on June 22, 2010 by GHHP

Following is a brief history of the early dairy industry, written for his family by Pete Gertsch in 1970 or 1971. The Gertsch family established the Shattuck Dairy in the 1890’s just north of Garden Home Road and south of Vermont … Continue reading →

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