BIOGRAPHIES: James C. COLSTAD, Bear Lake Township, Barron County, WI

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James C. Colstad, expert cheese maker for the Goodhope Cheese Co.,
operating a factory in section 36, Bear Lake Township, was born at Star
Prairie, St. Croix County, May 25, 1890, the son of Hans and Elizabeth
(Halverson) Colstad, the father a native of Norway, and the mother of
Wisconsin. He attended the common schools of his neighborhood, and took a
year's course in the High School at Osceola. He early became interested in
dairying, and learned cheese making in the factory at Johannesburg. Having
been reared to farm pursuits he knows the business thoroughly from the time
the cows are fed on the farm until the time the cheese is ready for
shipment. In 1912 he became cheese maker for the concern with which he is
now connected. In 1912, this factory was receiving 4,000 pounds of milk
daily. This was increased in time to 10,000 pounds daily, which is about
the present average. Mr. Colstad is an ideal man for the position, he is a
master in his line, he is of pleasing and affable demeanor, and he has the
full confidence of the patrons of his factory. All in all, he is regarded
as a useful and active citizen. In 1919 he purchased 80 acres in section
34, Bear Lake Township. He brushed 35 acres and put ten acres under the
plow. In 1920 he erected a good house and barn. This place he now rents.
Mr. Colstad was married Feb. 17, 1909, at Stillwater, Minn., to Eleanor
Firchow, who was born at Stillwater, Minn., on July 15, 1892, the daughter
of Gust and Minnie Firchow. This union has been blessed with a bright boy,
Ronald, who was born June 17,1911.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pp. 713-714.