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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24SE_wiley-griffon_Eugene-OR.html
Once described as "Eugene's pioneer colored citizen", and "one of the most industrious colored men in Eugene", Wiley Griffon was well known on the streets of Eugene. A tram operator, he drove the city's "horse" drawn trolleys. These trolleys prece…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VF8_ellis-f-lawrence-historical_Eugene-OR.html
During the first half of the 20th century, Ellis Fuller Lawrence was one of Oregon's foremost architects. In 1914, he became the founder and first dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon. During his 32 year t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VEO_granite-glacial-erratic-historical_Eugene-OR.html
A rock or boulder carried from its original source by an act of nature is called an erratic. This granite erratic was deposited near Harrisburg, Oregon about 12,000 years ago. Geologists say it was carried there by an iceberg during the Spokane-Mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VEN_the-collier-house-historical_Eugene-OR.html
Built in 1886
by
George Haskell Collier
Professor of Physics
University of Oregon
from 1879 to 1895
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VEF_petrified-wood-historical_Eugene-OR.html
This piece of petrified wood was found near the mouth of Moffett Creek when the Columbia River Highway was widened in 1950. The wood turned to stone as the fiber of the original tree, which lived during the early Miocene age (26 million years ago)…