Skinner Butte
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title:
Skinner Butte
text:
Skinner Butte is a prominent hill on the north edge of downtown Eugene, Oregon, near the Willamette River. A local landmark, it honors city founder Eugene Skinner and is the site of the municipal Skinner Butte Park. During the 1920s the letters "KKK" were burned into the hillside. A famous photo of Eugene's downtown displays this marker, which is credited to Eugene's own Ku Klux Klan members. The letters were removed and replaced with the letter "O" in the late 1920s. The butte later displayed a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Hill in Oregon, U.S.
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinner_Butte
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date modified:
2024-02-04T21:29:26Z
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