In 1918, 27 cheese factories operated in Tillamook County, Oregon; by 1928, consolidations and closures reduced the number to 19. Total sales in 1928 were $1,775,950, or $32,992,270 today.
(Partial view of then-Tillamook Cheese Factory in 1938. Credit: Headlight-Herald, June 23, 1976)
