TILLAMOOK TIMELINE.Byline: The Register-Guard 1854: Dairy farmers Dairy Farmers is one of Australia's largest and oldest dairy manufacturers, established in 1900, supplying products to local and international markets such as eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. in Tillamook County build a two-masted schooner schooner (sk  `nər), sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with from two to seven masts. , dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. Morning Star of Tillamook, to transport butter to Portland. The ship would become the centerpiece of the Tillamook County Creamery creamery: see dairying. Association logo. 1894: Canadian cheese maker Peter McIntosh and local butter maker T.S. Townsend establish the first commercial cheese factory in Tillamook County. 1909: Farmers from 10 cheese factories in Tillamook form the Tillamook County Creamery Association. 1918: Creamery originates its first advertising program, becoming the first community to market its cheese under a brand name. 1920: Creamery attempts to patent its name, but the application is rejected. 1921: Creamery registers the name as a federal trademark. 1949: Creamery constructs $1.5 million plant measuring 307,000 square feet and capable of storing 45 million pounds of cheese. 1960s: Farmer cooperative splits into two groups over a dispute about marketing surplus milk. Creamery sues rival group for use of the trademark, and loses. 1967: Creamery buys out the farmers who had split for $3.5 million. 1968: Remaining seven cheese factories in Tillamook consolidate into the creamery. 1990: Creamery builds fully automated cheddaring system, including the "Cheddarmaster." 1995-2003: Creamery sends up to 130 letters to businesses that use Tillamook or Bandon in their names, saying they may need to change names to avoid "consumer confusion." 2000: Creamery buys Bandon Cheese. 2001: Creamery builds second plant in Boardman, doubling in size. 2002: Creamery sued by Tillamook Country Smoker smoker A person who smokes tobacco, almost always understood to be cigarettes Ratio of ♂:♀ smokers Philippines64/19, China61/7, Saudi Arabia53/2, Russia50/12 after attempting to persuade federal government to nullify nul·li·fy tr.v. nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies 1. To make null; invalidate. 2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of. the smoker's trademark rights. |
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