/tags/timber-companies Timber Companies en-US Copyright Tue, 31 Dec 2019 08:00:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-12-31/as-it-was-timber-companies-acquire-land-through-homestead-act In January 1900, Friedrich Weyerhauser founded the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in Longview, Wash., with 900,000 acres of Washington timberland. From there… Tue, 31 Dec 2019 08:00:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-12-31/as-it-was-timber-companies-acquire-land-through-homestead-act Kirsten Shockey