Skinner arrived in the valley in 1846, ran a ferry across the Willamette, became postmaster and, with David Matteson Risdon, laid out the town of Eugene City in 1851. A statue of him stands outside the Eugene Public Library.
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Eugene Skinner
The pioneer who built the first cabin on Skinner Butte in 1846 and gave the city its name.