In his book The Coming of the Spirit Pestilence Boyd reports there was a 92% population loss for the Kalapuyans between 18. Boyd, an anthropologist at Portland State University, the first three years of the epidemic, "probably constitute the single most important epidemiological event in the recorded history of what would eventually become the state of Oregon". "Intermittent fever" is thought by researchers now to be malaria. Natives traced the arrival of the disease, then new to the Pacific Northwest, to the USS Owyhee, captained by John Dominis.
In July 1830, "intermittent fever" struck the lower Columbia region and a year later, the Willamette Valley. In this process, the mixed race families began to impact Native access to land, food supply, and traditional materials for trade and religious practices. By 1828 to 1830 they and their Native wives began year-round occupation of the land, raising crops and tending animals. Having already developed relationships with Native communities through intermarriage and trade, they negotiated for land from the Kalapuyans. Their settlements were concentrated in the "French Prairie" community in Northern Marion County but may have extended south to the Eugene area. įrench fur traders had settled seasonally in the Willamette Valley by the beginning of the 19th century. They were known as the Chifin Kalapuyans and called the Eugene area where they lived "Chifin", sometimes recorded as "Chafin" or "Chiffin". When crop activities waned, they returned to their winter villages and took up hunting, fishing, and trading. They stored these foods in their permanent winter village. They made "seasonal rounds," moving around the countryside to collect and preserve local foods, including acorns, the bulbs of the wapato and camas plants, and berries. The first people to settle in the Eugene area were known as the Kalapuyans, also written Calapooia or Calapooya. In July 2022, the city hosted the 18th Track and Field World Championships. The Nike corporation had its beginnings in Eugene. It is also referred to as the "Emerald City" and as " Track Town, USA". Eugene's official slogan is "A Great City for the Arts and Outdoors". The city is noted for its natural environment, recreational opportunities (especially bicycling, running/ jogging, rafting, and kayaking), and focus on the arts, along with its history of civil unrest, protests, and green activism. Eugene's population in 2022 is estimated to be 179,887.Įugene is home to the University of Oregon, Bushnell University, and Lane Community College. The Eugene-Springfield, Oregon metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is the 146th largest metropolitan statistical area in the US and the third-largest in the state, behind the Portland Metropolitan Area and the Salem Metropolitan Area. Īs of the 2020 United States Census, Eugene had a population of 176,654 and covers city area of 44.21 sq mi (114.50 sq km), it is the county seat of Lane County and the state's second most populous city after Portland. It is at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) east of the Oregon Coast. state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest.
Eugene ( / j uː ˈ dʒ iː n/ yoo- JEEN) is a major city in the U.S.
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