Environmental Histories Project
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This project highlights diverse perspectives that reflect people's connections with their local environment. These stories will then be made available to the public. Through this collaborative effort we hope to highlight Eugene's unique environmental and cultural community.
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Item Open Access The Willamette Valley: Past and Present(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2007)Item Open Access The River's People(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006) Thompson, JessicaAccording to archeological evidence, the Kalapuya, the Willamette valley's first inhabitants, came to the area at least 10,000 years ago. (Mackey, 2004) However, according to Carol Logan, a Kalapuya with ancestral roots throughout the Willamette valley, the Kalapuya have been here forever.Item Open Access Flooding and Change on the Willamette River(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006) University of Oregon. Environmental Leadership ProgramA brief history about alterations, flooding, and Fred's experiences in the flood of 1964 on the Willamette River.Item Open Access A Kalapuya perspective(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006) Logan, CarolHuman Connection Runs Deep... Who were the very first residents of the Willamette Valley? How did they view the river? The history and connection of the Kalapuya is found deep within the layers of the valley.Item Open Access A History of Valley River Center(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006) Lovinger, NenaThis is Nena Lovinger's story about the building of the Valley River Center.Item Open Access A Bridge Story(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006) Macphee, SaraThis is the story of one musician's connection to the Willamette River.Item Open Access Voices From Our Community Gardens(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006) Pena, Eduardo; Muller, Mamfiel; Cantril, SarahThe land along the Willamette River has undergone many drastic changes over the past 200 years, a silent witness to environmental, social and cultural decisions being made on top. The soil holds buried stories, some deep and others just now being layered upon the surface. In seeking a positive way to study agricultural land use in Eugene the story of the Community Gardens along the river are particularly compelling. What triggered their development? Who do they serve and what are their stories?Item Open Access Growing a Garden of Access, Opportunity and Healing: The Voices of Eugene’s Community Gardens(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006-03-17) Gordon, EleanorThe land along the Willamette River has undergone many drastic changes over the past 200 years, a silent witness to environmental, social and cultural decisions being made on top. The soil holds buried stories, some deep and others just now being layered upon the surface. In seeking a positive way to study agricultural land use in Eugene the story of the Community Gardens along the river are particularly compelling. What triggered their development? Who do they serve and what are their stories?Item Open Access Music of the River(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006) Mark (Musician)This is the story of one musician's connection to the Willamette River.Item Open Access Taking a Boat Down the Willamette(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006) Wilbur, FredMany people who feel strongly connected to places, past and present, have lived, worked, and played with the people and landscapes of that place. Fred Wilbur enjoys rivers and has lived near them and recreated on them since he was a kid. Using a river as a means of transportation sets a slower pace and provides a unique perspective that can instill an appreciation and a connection to the river.Item Open Access The Story of Tent City(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006) Mims, WillieThe story of Tent City is one of harsh treatment of African Americans who were migrating to Eugene, Oregon in the 1940s. It is a story of descrimination and racism in the West where these issues were not as visible as they were in the South. It is a story of a settlement built of scrap lumber on the muddy floodplain of the Willamette River, held together by a stong sense of community and a faith in a better future. Listen to the story of Willie Mims as he recounts his childhood life in the the settlement where Alton Baker Park sits today.Item Open Access Bridging the River: A History of Housing Discrimination in Eugene, Oregon(University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program, 2006-03-16) Neary, AndrewThe story of Tent City is one of harsh treatment of African Americans who were migrating to Eugene, Oregon in the 1940s. It is a story of descrimination and racism in the West where these issues were not as visible as they were in the South. It is a story of a settlement built of scrap lumber on the muddy floodplain of the Willamette River, held together by a stong sense of community and a faith in a better future. This paper that further develops the story of this community as well as the larger issue of housing descrimination in Eugene at the time.