Corporate records. 1855-1958.

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Corporate records., 1855-1958.

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Corporate records. 1855-1958.

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Abstract

Records of, and information about, a family-owned, Winona(Minn.)-based lumber company. Includes records of more than 75 associated logging,lumber, land, colonization, and other companies active in states from Minnesota,Wisconsin, and Iowa to Louisiana and the Pacific Northwest.

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Minnesota Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6646683

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Seeler, Edgar Viguers, 1867-1929

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n01d76 (person)

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http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6683xb7 (corporateBody)

Weyerhaeuser Timber Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc4znn (corporateBody)

The Weyerhaeuser Company, founded in 1900 as the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, is one of the largest forest product companies in the world. Weyerhaueser had timber and logging operations in Klamath County until the mid-1990s. Timber cruising is a process for measuring forest stands to determine number and species of trees, average tree size and volume, and timber quality. From the description of Klamath County timber cruising records, 1952-1955. (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat recor...

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http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cv97p4 (corporateBody)

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http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62r9srt (corporateBody)

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http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61x0z6q (corporateBody)

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Winona & Western Railway Company.

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Board of Trade (Stillwater, Minn.).

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Wood Conversion Company

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http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk6h7h (corporateBody)

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Mississippi Land Company (Minneapolis, Minn.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k135n5 (corporateBody)

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Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway Company.

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http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r54k1c (corporateBody)

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Corporate records. 1855-1958.

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