The Cheyenne Creamery Company, headquartered in Cheyenne, was apparently a thriving business for a number of years and had outlying operations, including this plant in Platteville. Other Colorado locations included Brighton and Buckhingham. (The latter is now a ghost town, located on HWY 14 about 15 miles east of Briggsdale in the middle of the Pawnee National Grasslands.)
Here’s an excerpt from a Cheyenne Creamery Company newspaper ad (undated): “Our ‘Excelsior’ Ice Cream is the richest, purest cream you can buy. We also make Sherbets, Ices and Frappes from pure fruit juices.”
REFERENCES:
- “Biennial Report of the State Dairy Commissioner to the Governor of Colorado, ” 1921, Google Books at https://books.google.com .
- “Old newspapers an intriguing time machine — Sommers Ranch homestead restoration project update,” by Dawn Ballou, October 17, 2010, at http://www.pinedaleonline.com/news/2010/10/Oldnewspapersanintri.htm# )
- “Report of the State Dairy Commissioner to the Governor of the State of Colorado for the Years 1913 and 1914,” Google Books at https://books.google.com.
