COLD SPRING CHEESE AND BUTTER ASSOCIATION
This cheese factory was organized 25 Jan 1891 with 120 shares of capital stock valued at a total of $1200. The organizers and the number of shares that they held:
| Baker, Charles | 12 |
| Gille, Emil | 3 |
| Groening, C. | 5 |
| Haseleu, Meinhard | 8 |
| Hinz, Ferdinand | 7 |
| Huebner, Fr. | 5 |
| Kiesow, William | 3 |
| Kohls, Augusta | 6 |
| Kohls, Fred | 4 |
| Kohls, Herman | 5 |
| Kohn, Christian | 5 |
| Kohn, August | 5 |
| Kottke, Ferdinand | 2 |
| Krueger, August | 2 |
| Lenz, David | 5 |
| Lenz, William | 1 |
| Otto, William | 4 |
| Roth, Nikolaus | 4 |
| Schoen, John | 3 |
| Sommercorn, August | 3 |
| Winter, William | 6 |
| Wolfgram, Theodore | 3 |
At the initial organizational meeting the shareholders elected the following individuals as officers:
| President | Meinhard Haseleu |
| Secretary | William Lenz |
| Treasurer | Charles Baker |
| Cheesemaker | Eli Keel |
| Directors | William Winter William Ott William Lenz Charles Baker Meinhard Haseleu |