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09-11-2012
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Doug Gelbert
Look Up, Eugene! A Walking Tour of Eugene, Oregon
Doug Gelbert
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There
is
no
better
way
to
see
America
than
on
foot.
And
there
is
no
better
way
to
appreciate
what
you
are
looking
at
than
with
a
walking
tour.
Whether
you
are
preparing
for
a
road
trip
or
just
out
to
look
at
your
own
town
in
a
new
way,
a
downloadable
walking
tour
is
ready
to
explore
when
you
are.Each
walking
tour
describes
historical
and
architectural
landmarks
and
provides
pictures
to
help
out
when
those
pesky
street
addresses
are
missing.
Every
tour
also
includes
a
quick
primer
on
identifying
architectural
styles
seen
on
American
streets.Until
a
36-year
old
former
county
sheriff
from
Illinois
named
Eugene
Franklin
Skinner
built
a
cabin
on
a
hill
west
of
the
Willamette
River
in
1846
the
only
people
to
live
here
were
the
Kalapuya
Indians.
Skinner's
claim
of
640
acres
wasn't
prime
farming
land
but
it
did
include
a
ferry
crossing
and
suitable
land
to
establish
a
townsite.
So
Skinner
set
about
starting
a
ferry
service
and
platting
land
for
building
sites.
He
was
the
first
mayor,
the
postmaster
and
when
the
Oregon
Territorial
government
established
Lane
County,
the
settlement
was
named
for
Skinner
and
made
the
county
seat.
Eugene
City
was
incorporated
in
1862,
two
years
before
the
founder
passed
away
after
the
lingering
ill
effects
of
attempting
to
save
cattle
during
a
flood.The
1870s
saw
the
arrival
of
the
railroads
and
the
beginnings
of
the
University
of
Oregon.
Wheat
had
been
the
first
cash
crop
in
the
Willamette
Valley
but
it
was
soon
joined
by
fruit
orchards
and
lumbering
as
the
population
grew
steadily
and
the
boundaries
of
the
city
expanded.
Eugene
became
a
city
of
homes
with
long
avenues
of
shade
tree-bordered
thoroughfares.
Still,
by
the
1930s
the
population
was
less
than
20,000.In
the
75
years
since
Eugene
grew
to
over
150,000
residents,
climbing
to
the
status
of
second
city
of
Oregon.
City
planners
responded
with
modernization
plans
that
had
little
use
for
the
structures
of
the
past.
Today
there
is
scant
evidence
of
the
pioneering
days
of
Eugene
but
we
will
seek
them
out
on
our
walking
tour
of
the
town
and
we'll
start
at
one
of
those
100-year
old
buildings,
a
place
that
was
the
traditional
gateway
to
the town...
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