Ferncliff has a long and storied history, but the newest chapter for the stores began alongside a pandemic!  There were one hundred reasons for us to back out, but there was a great big reason to move forward, and that was a community in desperate need of services, now more than ever.  So we set aside concerns for our own personal health and sanity (perhaps not the wisest choice) and forged ahead.  To say that the welcome has been a warm one would be an enormous understatement!  The gratitude and appreciation we feel from the locals and surrounding communities has truly offset the risks we have taken and continue to take to bring about the Ferncliff Rebirth.  Thank you for all the love! 

Please continue reading for a small glimpse of days gone by in Ferncliff, Colorado.
 

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The four name signs over our dairy cooler were salvaged from the barn, where they were found still hanging over the milking stalls.   We like to think that Annette, Diana, Daisy, & Charlotte would be pleased to still be leading you to our high quality dairy products.
 

An article about the Marden’s dairy operation appeared in the Jersey Bulletin in 1943. It notes that when the Marden’s purchased the dairy, it consisted of a barn with 13 stanchions and 13 cows, a house and sheds.  The Marden’s immediately set about adding to and modernizing the dairy, particularly by building the concrete block milk house in 1939.  According to the Jersey Bulletin, the seven-room milk house was “Equipped with the most sanitary bottling apparatus, a cooling unit, complete washing and sterilizing facilities, and the first sealing machine of its kind ever brought into Colorado.”

By 1943, Marden’s dairy had become the first certified dairy in the state of Colorado, meaning the milk was of exceptionally high quality and flavor and had a low bacteria count.