Skinner’s Mudhole

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Skinner’s Mudhole was the original 19th-century settlement that later developed into the city of Eugene, Oregon.

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Skinner’s Mudhole canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former populated place
historic settlement
associatedWith Oregon Trail era settlement
early Euro-American colonization of the southern Willamette Valley
coordinateWith Skinner Butte
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culture Euro-American pioneer settlement culture
developedInto Eugene, Oregon
era 19th century
followedBy Eugene, Oregon
founder Eugene Franklin Skinner
hasAlternativeName Skinner’s Mudhole
surface form: Skinner’s Mud Hole

Skinner’s Mudhole settlement
hasPart Skinner Butte vicinity
heritageDesignation local historical significance in Eugene, Oregon
historicalRelation original 19th-century settlement that later became the city of Eugene, Oregon
inception 1846
mid-19th century
locatedIn Lane County, Oregon
Oregon
Willamette Valley
locatedOnWaterbody Willamette River
surface form: Millrace of the Willamette River

Willamette River
namedAfter Eugene Franklin Skinner
originalNameOf Eugene, Oregon
partOf early Eugene City townsite
precededBy Luckiamute Kalapuya
surface form: Kalapuya indigenous homelands
primaryEconomicActivity early frontier trading and farming
status no longer an official place name
topographicalCharacteristic low-lying muddy riverbank area

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Eugene, Oregon foundedAs Skinner’s Mudhole
Skinner’s Mudhole hasAlternativeName Skinner’s Mudhole
this entity surface form: Skinner’s Mud Hole