On the second day of Black History Month, Lane County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution that acknowledges the destruction of Lane County’s first Black neighborhood, commits county public works projects to follow the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and memorializes the history of the Ferry Street Village.
At the Feb. 2 Lane County Board of County Commissioners’ meeting, Director of Public Works Dan Hurley presented the item to commissioners, prefacing that he has lived in the area for most of his life but hadn’t heard of the bulldozing of the Ferry Street Village until a co-worker shared the article “Civic Unity Comes to Lane County” by Mike Wolfe, published in the
Vandalized historical marker honoring Eugene black family replaced
A historical marker honoring one of Eugene s founding African-American families has been replaced after it was vandalized in July.
Posted: Jan 1, 2021 6:42 AM
Posted By: Chris Lueneburg
EUGENE, Ore. A historical marker honoring one of Eugene s founding African-American families has been replaced after it was vandalized in July.
According to Lane Transit District, the new marker is located at an LTD EmX bus stop on West 11th Avenue.
It honors Sam and Mattie Reynolds, who lived nearby after being evicted in 1949 from the Ferry Street Village, in what is now Alton Baker Park. Residents of the area were evicted due to the construction of the Ferry Street Bridge.