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Eugene Oregon History
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Eugene Oregon History Photo Archive
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National Register of Historic Places for Eugene, Oregon
The Kalalpuya people were the earliest inhabitants of this part of Oregon. Hunters and gatherers, they burned the grass to clear brush, increasing the local game and vegetation and creating a wide, grassy prairie.
The first white settlers, Elijah Bristow, Eugene Franklin Skinner and two other companions arrived in what is now Lane County, Oregon in 1846. The others established their land claims at the end of the Willamette Valley, and as the group was on their way back, Skinner claimed the area that is now Eugene and built the first cabin here, using it as a trading post and later as a post office.
Oregon became a state in 1859. The town of Eugene was incorporated in 1862 and named for the early settler.
The first telegraph line came to Eugene in 1864, and the Territorial Road arrived the following year, making Eugene a popular stagecoach stop. By 1872, the Oregon-California Railway arrived. The University of Oregon was formally established here in 1872 and opened in 1876.
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