Probably all of you are familiar with Tillamook cheese, but do you know why there is a sailing ship as their logo? Fertile farmlands at this part of the Oregon coast are surrounded by low mountain ranges that were an impedement to transportation in the 1800's. The farmers were producing excellent cheese, but had no way to get it to the retail centers of Astoria, Portland and beyond. From shipwrecks and local wood they built a boat, the Morning Star, to transport the cheese to Astoria and Portland, and they successfully created the now well known Cheese company, and the small sailing boat is appropriately on their logo. The accompanying picture is in the cutting and packing room at the cheese factory.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
A "Cheezy" stop at Tillamook
Probably all of you are familiar with Tillamook cheese, but do you know why there is a sailing ship as their logo? Fertile farmlands at this part of the Oregon coast are surrounded by low mountain ranges that were an impedement to transportation in the 1800's. The farmers were producing excellent cheese, but had no way to get it to the retail centers of Astoria, Portland and beyond. From shipwrecks and local wood they built a boat, the Morning Star, to transport the cheese to Astoria and Portland, and they successfully created the now well known Cheese company, and the small sailing boat is appropriately on their logo. The accompanying picture is in the cutting and packing room at the cheese factory.
