January 1900 - January 3, 1900 (Wednesday)

January 3, 1900 (Wednesday)

  • Frederick Weyerhaeuser purchased 900,000 acres (1,406 square miles) of forestlands in Washington State from railroad owner James J. Hill, for $5,400,000 in advance of the founding of the Weyerhauser Timber Company.
  • An insurance carrier concluded that the British transport Victoria, last seen on November 14, had been lost in a typhoon,

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