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There were at
least two cheese factories in the town of Edwards where the cheese
makers made cheeses for local and out of the area sales. When the
manager (or owner) had a large number of cheeses ready for market, he
had the farmers come with their horses and wagons to transport the
products to the building behind the stockyards and milk factory near the
railroad station. The advent of the railroad coming to Edwards in
August 1893 made this commercial venture possible.
The storage
shed, a building about 15 feet by 20 feet, had wide spaces between the
sidewall boards so the air could circulate around the cheeses which were
stored on shelves lining the inside of the shed. As the cheese
"wheels" of various sizes aged, someone, probably the cheese
maker, regularly turned and salted them thus ensuring proper curing.
Eventually the cheeses were loaded onto the train for shipment to
various destinations in the United States and England.
However, not
only cheese was shipped by train, but there were stockyards, or pens, in
the same area, used to hold cattle bound for shipment by rail also.
A ramp was used to drive the livestock onto the train's cattle cars.
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