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Friedrich Weyerhäuser. / 41.48167°N 90.57778°W / 41.48167; -90.57778. Friedrich (Frederick) Weyerhäuser (November 21, 1834 – April 4, 1914 [1] ), also spelled Weyerhaeuser, was a German-American timber mogul and founder of the Weyerhaeuser Company, which owns sawmills, paper factories, and other business enterprises as well as ...
The Weyerhaeuser Company ( / ˈwɛərhaʊzər /) is an American timberland company which owns nearly 12,400,000 acres (19,400 sq mi; 50,000 km 2) of timberlands in the U.S., and manages an additional 14,000,000 acres (22,000 sq mi; 57,000 km 2) of timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada. [5] The company has manufactured wood products for ...
Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley 's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of slavery in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights. A critical and ratings success over the course of its run, Roots received 37 Primetime ...
Weyerhaeuser House. / 41.50139°N 90.55528°W / 41.50139; -90.55528. The Weyerhaeuser House, also known as House on the Hill, is a building in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1865 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The home is now part of the Augustana College campus.
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LC Class. E185.97.H24 A33. Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America; it follows his life and the lives of his descendants in the United States down to Haley.
Early life. Eastwood was unusually large at birth, weighing 11 lb 6 oz (5.16 kg), and was nicknamed "Samson" by the nurses at St. Francis Hospital. [2] [3] [4] He has English, Scottish, Dutch, German, through Laufer (Runner) line, and Irish ancestry. [5] The elder of two siblings, he has a younger sister, Jeanne Bernhardt, born in 1934.
History. The village was named after Frederick Weyerhaeuser of the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company.. Geography. Weyerhaeuser is located at (45.423201, -91.415520. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.95 square miles (2.46 km 2), of which 0.94 square miles (2.43 km 2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) is water.