Skinner Butte & the Willamette
Skinner Butte, called Ya-po-ah by the Kalapuya, rises just north of downtown. Eugene Skinner put his first cabin on its slope in 1846, and the butte now holds a park, a climbing wall of old basalt columns and the big University of Oregon O.
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Skinner Butte is 682 feet above sea level, about 200 feet above downtown, with a road to a summit view. The “O” on its side joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, and Skinner Butte Park was dedicated in 1914. (Wikipedia)
The Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House, a Queen Anne Victorian built in 1880, was known as the Castle on the Hill and has been on the National Register since 1984. (Wikipedia)
Eugene Skinner ran a ferry across the Willamette near where the Ferry Street Bridge stands, and a statue of him stands outside the Eugene Public Library. (Wikipedia)
Eugene magic: Buttes, rivers and a famous track
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