However, crime in the cemetery appears to have gone down over the years, partly due to the efforts by King and the University. Get the BillionGraves app now and help collect images for this cemetery! About 1,000 pioneers arrived in the Willamette Valley in November 1853 by way of the Oregon Trail cutoff across central Oregon to farm the fertile soil of the Willamette Valley, between the Cascade Mountains and the Coast Range, according to the McClure wagon train by-laws. Eugene Pioneer Cemetery. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pioneer_cemetery&oldid=1144007725, Articles using NRISref without a reference number, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Central Lutheran Church Columbarium Crow-Applegate Cemetery Episcopal Church of the Resurrection Memorial Garden Eugene Pioneer Cemetery Evergreen Hill Cemetery Faithful Friends Pet Cemetery First United Methodist Church Rockey Memorial Garden Gillespie Cemetery John Thompson McClure's Burial Site Spotlight Story: Turmoil in ASUO elections, Spotlight Story: Growing support for the Urban Farm, Eugene City Council raises debt limit on Downtown renewal plan, Local in-hospital midwife birth center is shut down, UO Museum houses over 100 Native American remains, Report of armed suspect on LCC campus result of a miscommunication, A punctured fuel tank spills 1,200 gallons of diesel in Cottage Grove, Semitruck carrying wood chips crashes into wetland along McKenzie River, Gunshots fired through apartment window on Hilyard Street early Sunday, Evan Reynolds prepares to take the role of editor-in-chief, Oregon mens golf places 2nd at the Western Intercollegiate, Oregon spring football game: Offensive Takeaways, Jace Stoffal becomes third Duck to win Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week three times in a season, Drew Cowley named one of Collegiate Baseballs Players of the Week, Oregon baseball climbs in polls after series win over Arizona State, No. Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States Please enter at least 2 characters. This browser does not support getting your location. Luper Pioneer Cemetery will have its vehicle gate open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday through Monday, so anyone can walk the grounds and take a self-guided tour of the historic site. Kathy Carbone (541) 346-5511 Ext. Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, Eugene, Lane County, On Memorial Day there will be additional information displayed about the people who arrived in 1853 by wagon. Lane Transit District University of Oregon Transit Center South, University of Oregon Erb Memorial Union Amphitheatre.