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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON NORTH CAMPUS CONDITIONAL USE & WILLAMETTE GREENWAY PERMIT APPLICATION 6.2 Site History Before 1846, most of level areas of Eugene were prairie. Riparian forests existed along the 17 Willamette River, extending inland an average of 300 yards. The river was subject to frequent 18 change and flooding, resulting in large deposits of silt, sand, and gravel. The Millrace was a couple of disconnected sloughs until 1851 to 1852, when Hilyard Shaw and Avery Smith linked 19 them together to use as a power source for industry. From 1900 to 1945, Eugene experienced 20 exponential growth. During this time, much of the riparian forest was cleared for orchards of walnut and filbert and sand and gravel mining (due to the rise of the automobile and demand for 21 material to build roads). The university began purchasing land near the Millrace in the late 1930s, and over the next thirty years it would continue to purchase the lands that make up the North Campus area today. This land is comprised of four large parcels: the Millrace Parcel and Silva Parcel, located south of the railroad tracks; and the Western Parcel and North of the Railroad Tracks Parcel, located north of the railroad tracks. 22 The university acquired the Millrace Parcel in 1938 and the Silva Parcel in the 1950Ès. Prior to the 23 universityÈs ownership of the lands, they were agricultural, using the Millrace for irrigation.The Anchorage Restaurant and a bathing and canoeing resort were also located on the Millrace Parcel near Franklin Boulevard beginning in the 1910Ès and into the 1930Ès to support the growing 24 recreational use of the Millrace. The Silva Parcel contained orchards and also used the Millrace 25 for the transportation of products. In 1940 to 1941, the railroad was moved from Franklin 26 Boulevard to its current location, north of these parcels. The university built its power plant on the Millrace Parcel in the early 1950Ès, along with 27 warehouses, shops, and an administration building for campus operations. Uses related to university research followed as did uses related to the School of Architecture and Allied Arts (now College of Design), including fine arts studios and the Urban Farm. These uses continue today. From the early 1970Ès to about 1990, the Silva Parcel contained university research uses, including 28 an herbarium and a facility for animal research. A Coca-Cola bottling plant was built just west of 17 Henry W. Lawrence and Ann P. Bettman, , (Eugene: Henry The Green Guide: EugeneÈs Natural Landscape Lawrence and Ann P. Bettman, 1982), 20-22; Urquhart, ÅEugene Geography,Æ 8. 18 Lawrence and Bettman, 24; Urquhart, ÅEugene Geography,Æ 7. 19 City of Eugene, ÅEugene Millrace: A History,Æ Eugene: City of Eugene, 1979; Lawrence and Bettman, 26; Urquhart, ÅGeography of Eugene,Æ Chapter 1, 2, 6, 18. 20 Lawrence and Bettman, 31. 21 Lawrence and Bettman, 37, 50. 22 City of Eugene, ÅEugene Millrace: A History.Æ 23 L.R. Squier Associates, ÅEnvironmental Site Assessment, Silva Area, Riverfront Research Park, University of Oregon,Æ environmental site assessment, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1990, 4. 24 ÅInsurance Maps of Eugene, Oregon,Æ New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1925, sheet 79, ÅDigital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970,Æ ProQuest, http://sanborn.umi.com/ 25 L.R. Squier Associates, ÅEnvironmental Site Assessment, Silva Area.Æ 26 L.R. Squier Associates, ÅEnvironmental Site Assessment, Western Parcel,Æ 6. 27 L.R. Squier Associates, ÅEnvironmental Site Assessment, Millrace Parcel,Æ 4. 28 L.R. Squier Associates, ÅEnvironmental Site Assessment, Silva Area,Æ 5. Cameron McCarthy FINAL SUBMITTAL | June 22, 2018 34