Archie Aldis "Red" Emmerson (born 1929) was the third largest landowner in the United States in 2011. He owned 1.722 million acres.
Born in Grand Ronde, Oregon in 1929, and lived his early years in meager surroundings. He attended school while his father, R.H. "Curly" Emmerson built sawmills in Oregon and California. In 1948, at age 19, Red arrived in Arcata, California where he began working in mills learning as much as he could about every job in the plant.