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| In 1846, peripatetic New Yorker Eugene Franklin Skinner built a cabin on a rise not far from the upper portion of the Willamette River–which is, counterintuitively, two hours south of where it flows into the Columbia in Portland. He was not special, particularly–the local Kalapuya Indians were local inhabitants and advised about where to place his cabin. Nevertheless, it is his name–his first name, strangely–that now identifies the 44 square miles that constitute Oregon’s second-largest city. In 1872, the Oregon legislature selected Eugene as the site of the state’s flagship university and, exactly 30 years after Skinner put up his cabin, the University of Oregon opened its doors.
Tonight the Ducks will battle perennial powerhouse Ohio State for a national championship. I have no great confidence in their chances. Oregon (the state) is spectacular at certain things, but they are never the things the rest of the country cares about. The climate of western Oregon is akin to a rai … |
Source: Beervana
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