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Pre's Trail, located on the north side of the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon, United States, popularly referred to as "Track Town USA", is a four-mile-long running and walking trail named after heralded University of Oregon athlete Steve Prefontaine. [1] The woodchip-and-bark trail features riparian scenery, including grasslands, duck ponds ...
Forest Ranch property takes key step. A serene slice of paradise west of Spencer Butte lies near the top of the Eugene Parks Foundation’s current project list. The property’s acres upon acres ...
The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [1] east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon Territory. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail crossed what is now the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. The western half crossed the current states of ...
Steve Prefontaine. Steve Roland " Pre " Prefontaine[1] (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) was a US-American long-distance runner who from 1973 to 1975 set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. [2][3] He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, [4] and was preparing for the 1976 Olympics with the Oregon Track Club at the ...
Elliott Cutoff. The Elliott Cutoff was a covered wagon road that branched off the Oregon Trail at the Malheur River where present-day Vale, Oregon, United States is today. The first portion of the road was originally known as the Meek Cutoff after Stephen Meek, a former trapper who led over 1,000 emigrants into the Harney Basin in 1845.
The Willamette Valley contains most of Oregon's population; it extends from the Portland metro area in the north to Eugene in the south. The Willamette Valley (/ wɪˈlæmɪt / ⓘ wil-AM-it) is a 150-mile (240 km) long valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Willamette River flows the entire length of the ...
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]
Rep. Julie Fahey, D-Eugene. Julie Fahey, the speaker of the House in Oregon, has served as a state representative since 2017. She chairs the committees on Housing and Homelessness, Rules, and ...