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Index
Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword, by Char Miller
Chronology
Genealogy of the First Two Generations of the Weyerhaeuser Family
Introduction
Part One: The Nineteenth Century—America Moves West
Westward Ho!
Part Two: Travels from a German Village to the American Midwest
Scene 1: Father and son, October 6, 1846
1. An Early Death Changes a Family
2. Coming to America and Moving West
Part Three: The Rock Island Years
Scene 2: A young man finds a frontier town, March 1856
3. Seize the Day
4. The Family Prospers in Coal Valley
5. An Entrepreneur’s Adventures
6. The First Partnership Years during a Cruel War
Part Four: Forests, Rivers, and Rights
Scene 3: Frederick encounters the Wisconsin forests, October 1867
7. Frederick Likes the Forest Life
8. The Wisconsin Logging Feuds Breed Bitterness
9. Frederick Emerges as First Among Equals
10. Meanwhile, Sarah Keeps the Home Fires Burning
11. The Children Grow Up in the “House on the Hill”
Part Five: The St. Paul Years—Crowning Achievements
Scene 4: Frederick wonders if young Fred has learned to negotiate yet, 1900
12. Minnesota’s Forests Call
13. The Family Moves to St. Paul, and Frederick Turns Westward
14. Family Matters
15. Frederick and Sarah Become World Travelers
Part Six: The Final Years—Joys of Family, Sorrow of Loss
Scene 5: Sarah and Frederick before the anniversary celebration, October 10, 1907
16. Frederick Withstands Personal Challenges, 1900–1906
17. “Unser Fritz” Takes Care of the Villagers
18. The Joys of Family, 1907–14
19. The Final Years—The Sorrows of Loss
Part Seven: Frederick’s Legacies
Scene 6: The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company board meeting, June 18, 1914
20. Frederick’s Many Legacies
21. Remembering Frederick
How This Book Came to be Written, by F. T. (Ted) Weyerhaeuser
Author’s Note and Acknowledgments
Notes
Notes by Chapter
Bibliography
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