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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 ...
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 ...
Westwood Shipping Lines. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was a cargo Liner company founded in Tacoma, Washington. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was founded by Weyerhaeuser Company in 1933. Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest lumber and paper companies in the United States. First called the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company which started with ships for ...
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.
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.
The kidnapping of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser [a] occurred in 1935 in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The son of prominent lumberman J. P. Weyerhaeuser, George was successfully released for ransom and eventually succeeded his father as the chairman of the Weyerhaeuser company. The four participants in the kidnapping were apprehended ...
Norton Clapp. Matthew Norton Clapp (April 15, 1906 – April 22, 1995) was a successful businessman, and eventually served as chairman of the Weyerhaeuser Corporation. He was active in civic service and a philanthropist.
Mill workers' strike. The International Paper strike was a strike begun in 1987 by paper mill workers affiliated with the United Paperworkers' International Union (UPIU) at a number of plants in the United States owned by the International Paper (IP) company. The strike extended into 1988 and the company hired permanent replacements for workers.