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A local landmark, it honors city founder Eugene Skinner and is the site of the municipal Skinner Butte Park. During the 1920s the letters "KKK" were burned into the hillside. A famous photo of Eugene's downtown displays this marker, which is credited to Eugene's own Ku Klux Klan members. The letters were removed and replaced with the letter "O ...
Eugene Skinner (1809–1864), American pioneer, founder of Eugene, Oregon; Eugene Stoner (1922–1997), American firearms designer, who designed M16 rifle; Eugene Tan (born 1970), Singapore political analyst and law lecturer; Eugene Thuraisingam (born 1975), Singaporean criminal lawyer; Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879), French architect
Game weather: Sunny, 82 °F (28 °C) ... at Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon. Date: October 26; Statistics Illinois Oregon First downs: Plays–yards: Rushes–yards:
At Cape Blanco on the southern Oregon coast, an anemometer that lost one of its cups registered wind gusts in excess of 145 miles per hour (233 kilometers per hour); some reports put the peak velocity at 179 mph (288 km/h). The north Oregon coast Mt. Hebo radar station reported winds of 170 mph (270 km/h). [8]
The reservoir is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Eugene on Oregon Route 126. The reservoir is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project encompassing more than 12,000 acres (49 km 2 ) and is a popular site for boating , fishing , and birdwatching .
Oregon State Route 99W runs a north–south route and is the main connector between Corvallis and Eugene, Oregon, 44 miles to the South. On Highway 99w in between the cities of Corvallis and Eugene are the cities of Monroe, Oregon and Junction City.
The Weather Underground was a far-left Marxist militant organization first active in 1969, founded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan. [2] Originally known as the Weathermen, the group was organized as a faction of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) national leadership. [3]
The 2021 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Mario Cristobal , who left the program to take the head coaching job at Miami in early December.