Friedrich Weyerhäuser
Friedrich (Frederik) Weyerhäuser (born November 21, 1834 in Nieder-Saulheim , Rheinhessen ; † April 4, 1914 in Pasadena , California) was a German-American wood mogul and founder of the Weyerhaeuser company , which covers large areas of forest, as well as sawmills, paper mills and others manufacturing plants owned and owns.
Weyerhäuser immigrated to the United States at the age of 18 and began working as a worker in a sawmill that he later bought. He also began to acquire shares in many other timber companies, some of which were majority holdings. In 1872 he established the Mississippi River Boom and Logging Co., an alliance that handled all logs that were processed on the Mississippi. In 1900 Weyerhäuser bought 364,000 hectares of woodland in the Pacific Northwest from JJ Hill and thus founded the Weyerhäuser timber company. Weyerhäuser never changed the names of the companies he controlled. One of the 30 factories he owned was Potlatch, later Potlatch Corporation. He also owned shares in Boise Cascade Corporation. Weyerhaeuser is still the world's largest timber seller.
As a thank you to his home community Saulheim , he donated the singer hall in 1904.
literature
- Helmut Schmahl: Planted but not uprooted: The emigration from Hessen-Darmstadt ( province of Rheinhessen ) to Wisconsin in the 19th century . (= Mainz studies on modern history, 1) Frankfurt / Main (among others) 2000
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weyerhäuser, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weyerhaeuser, Frederik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American logging mogul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nieder-Saulheim , Rheinhessen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1914 |
| Place of death | Pasadena, California |