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Before the Town
The Skinners
Skinner's Mudhole
Steamboats/Streetcars
The Town Grows
100
Two rivers that run through the Eugene area.
What is The Willamette and the McKenzie
100
Why were people moving to the Oregon country?
What is free, beautiful land for everyone.
100
What year did the University of Oregon open?
What is 1876.
100
When Mary and Eugene Skinner first lived in Eugene, how did they get around? (name just one).
What is wagons, horses, or walking
100
What year was Columbia College started?
What is 1856.
200
Who were the first people to live in the Eugene area?
Who are the Calapooya
200
What were the first names of the Skinners?
Who are Eugene Franklin and Mary Cook Skinner
200
How long did it take to get to the nearest store, and where was it?
What is Oregon City, 10 days.
200
Whose ferry crossed the Willamette River into Springfield?
Who is Elias Briggs.
200
What does "incorporated" mean?
What is they would have a mayor and other leaders to plan for the city's needs.
300
In 1782, this killed nearly half of the Native Americans in this area.
What is small-pox
300
Where did they live before coming to Oregon?
What is Illinois.
300
What year did Oregon become a state?
What is 1859.
300
Who built the first roads in 1857?
Who are soldiers from Fort Vancouver.
300
What was the first mill where people bought their lumber from?
What is Hilyard Shaw.
400
In 1830, this sickness was brought by a visiting sailing ship that had come up the Columbia River
What is influenza or malaria.
400
How long did their journey to Oregon take?
What is 6 months.
400
Name two ways that Eugene Skinner helped the town grow.
What is running a post office, giving land for town buildings, starting a government for the town.
400
What was one of the main problems the early settlers had to face when traveling?
What is mud.
400
What was the name of the main street in Eugene?
What is Willamette Street.
500
The Calapooyans used the buttes as look-out points. What do we call the South Butte today?
What is Spencer's Butte.
500
Where was their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, born?
What is Rickreall, Oregon (near Salem).
500
Name two other names that Eugene has been called.
What is Skinner's Mudhole, Eugene City, Skinner's Post Office.
500
When did the first train pull into Eugene and name one other city it traveled to.
What is 1871. Portland and Sacramento.
500
How many students were in the first graduating class from University of Oregon in 1896?
What is 18.