Table of Contents
Foreword Char Miller ix
Chronology xv
Genealogy of the First Two Generations of the Weyerhaeuser Family xvii
Introduction 3
Part 1 The Nineteenth Century-America Moves West 5
Westward Ho! 7
Part 2 Travels from a German Village to the American Midwest 19
Scene 1 Father and son, October 6, 1846
1 An Early Death Changes a Family 23
2 Coming to America and Moving West 27
Part 3 The Rock Island Years 33
Scene 2 A young man finds a frontier town, March 1856
3 Seize the Day 37
4 The Family Prospers in Coal Valley 42
5 An Entrepreneur's Adventures 47
6 The First Partnership Years during a Cruel War 51
Part 4 Forests, Rivers, and Rights 63
Scene 3 Frederick encounters the Wisconsin forests, October 1867
7 Frederick Likes the Forest Life 67
8 The Wisconsin Logging Feuds Breed Bitterness 80
9 Frederick Emerges as First Among Equals 90
10 Meanwhile, Sarah Keeps the Home Fires Burning 104
11 The Children Grow Up in the "House on the Hill" 113
Part 5 The St. Paul Years-Crowning Achievements 121
Scene 4 Frederick wonders if young Fred has learned to negotiate yet, 1900
12 Minnesota's Forests Call 125
13 The Family Moves to St. Paul, and Frederick Turns Westward 135
14 Family Matters 145
15 Frederick and Sarah Become World Travelers 151
Part 6 The Final Years-Joys of Family, Sorrow of Loss 159
Scene 5 Sarah and Frederick before the anniversary celebration, October 10, 1907
16 Frederick Withstands Personal Challenges, 1900-1906 163
17 "Unser Fritz" Takes Care of the Villagers 178
18 The Joys of Family, 1907-14 187
19 The Final Years-The Sorrows of Loss 195
Part 7 Frederick's Legacies 201
Scene 6 The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company board meeting, June 18, 1914
20 Frederick's Many Legacies 205
21 Remembering Frederick 219
How This Book Came to he Written, by F. T. (Ted) Weyerhaeuser 223
Author's Note and Acknowledgments 225
Notes 229
Notes by Chapter 230
Bibliography 245
Index 247
