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  2. Eugene, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    2410460 [3] Website. www .eugene-or .gov. Eugene ( / juːˈdʒiːn / yoo-JEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) east of the Oregon Coast. [9]

  3. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art - Wikipedia

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    Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. /  44.04417°N 123.07722°W  / 44.04417; -123.07722. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The original building was designed by Ellis F. Lawrence as part of his "main university quadrangle," now known as the Memorial ...

  4. History of Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Oregon Country, a large region explored by Americans and the British (and generally known to Canadians as the Columbia District ); Oregon Territory, established by the United States two years after its sovereignty over the region was established by the Oregon Treaty; and. Oregon, a U.S. state since 1859.

  5. Museum of Natural and Cultural History - Wikipedia

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    natural-history .uoregon .edu. The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History is a natural history museum on the University of Oregon campus, in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America. The museum headquarters and public spaces are located at 1680 East 15th Avenue in a building inspired by the design of Pacific Northwest ...

  6. Eugene Water & Electric Board - Wikipedia

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    Eugene, Oregon, United States. Number of employees. 500+. Website. www.eweb.org. The Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) is Oregon's largest customer-owned utility. Founded in 1911, it provides electricity and water to more than 86,000 customers in or around Eugene, Oregon . Chartered by the City of Eugene, a five-member Board of Commissioners ...

  7. Community activism in Eugene, Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Eugene has a long history of community activism, civil unrest, and protest activity. [1] Eugene's cultural status as a place for alternative thought grew along with the University of Oregon in the turbulent 1960s, and its reputation as an outsider's locale grew with the numerous anarchist protests in the late 1990s.

  8. List of botanical gardens and arboretums in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Oregon is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] [2] [3] Name

  9. Knight Library - Wikipedia

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    Knight Library is the main facility of the University of Oregon 's (UO) library system. It is located on the university's campus in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The library design is emblematic of the architecture of the university's older buildings, and it serves as a hub of student activity. As of 2008 it has a collection of more than 3 ...