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There is some controversy over the management of Plum Creek's timberland, mostly from environmental groups who decry the recent move from Plum Creek as a timber management company into a developer of its land, taking advantage of the much more profitable land values that have occurred for undeveloped land in the late 1990s until the crash in real estate prices.
22546. Website. www.weyerhaeuser.com. The Weyerhaeuser Company ( / ˈwɛərhaʊzər / WAIR-how-zər) is an American timberland company which owns nearly 12,400,000 acres (19,400 sq mi; 50,000 km 2) of timberlands in the U.S., and manages an additional 14,000,000 acres (22,000 sq mi; 57,000 km 2) of timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada ...
Battle of Plum Creek, an attack by involving Comanche and Tonkawa tribes near Lockhart, Texas, on August 12, 1840. Plum Creek Railroad Attack, a train derailment in August 1867. Plum Creek Timber, the largest private landowner in the United States.
Estimates range from 400 to 1000. The Battle of Plum Creek was a clash between allied Tonkawa, militia, and Rangers of the Republic of Texas and a huge Comanche war party under Chief Buffalo Hump, which took place near Lockhart, Texas, on August 12, 1840, following the Great Raid of 1840 as the Comanche war party returned to west Texas.
History. Plum Creek was so named on account of the wild plum (Prunus americana) trees along its course. It was known to the native Sioux as Kaŋ-ta-'o-ta ("plenty of plums"). It is known for being close to the homestead of the Ingalls family of Little House on the Prairie fame, and features in the book On the Banks of Plum Creek.
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The Plum Creek Timber Land was established by the United States General Land Office in Colorado on June 23, 1892, with 179,200 acres (725 km 2 ). On May 12, 1905, the forest was consolidated with Pike's Peak Forest Reserve and the name was discontinued. [1]