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:_._t <br /> ~~x <br /> i ~~I~~PZ'~2 4: Cu2.2~~ use, <br /> L s Introduction cultural resources, heritage and social <br /> meaning, location, size and historic <br /> With the history and physical context of the function, combine within Skinner Butte Park <br /> i r park in mind, it is important to consider the to play a complex role in the community. <br /> ' most critical element of any park: people. <br /> ~ Skinner Butte Park serves a function in our <br /> Birthplace of the Community <br /> community. It is affected by, and created In a sense, Skinner Butte Park is the cradle <br /> by, those who use it and those who manage of Eugene. Other cities may lay claim to a ~ <br /> I-. ~ it, To determine the best possible future single house, a remnant farmstead, or ~ <br /> for the park, therefore, it is important to simply a note in the history books about <br /> understand how these influences are the origins of their contemporary <br /> working today. This chapter will discuss community. Eugene is fortunate enough I <br /> the elements of human influence on the to have preserved, in perpetuity, a parcel <br /> park, from park users to daily park of land over 100 acres in sizethat includes <br /> management to the policy that governs part of the very first Euro-American j <br /> both. Itwill also examine some current park settlement in the area. As the city grew up <br /> trends, and how they may affect the around the park (see Chapter 2, Euro- <br /> planning direction for Skinner Butte Park. American Settlement), a unique accretion <br /> ~ of cultural remnants has evolved within the <br /> park that amounts to a living time table. I <br /> Role and Function <br /> Unfortunately, much of this history is <br /> Unique Resource currently available to only a few <br /> Through various shifts in culture and knowledgeable community members. This. <br /> indicates a certain unfulfilled potential for ~ <br /> perception, Skinner Butte Park has the parkto serve a role as an anchor to the <br /> remained a vital hub for the city's park community's own past. Although the only <br /> system for nearly a century. For many accessible interpretation of history is <br /> reasons, as discussed elsewhere, the park currently experienced through the Skinner's <br /> has and is still a focus for the local cabin replica and the Applegate Trail <br /> community asawhole;aplaceofcommon Interpretive Center, there is a strong <br /> ground and common heritage. This is a <br /> fundamental part of defining what is now indication of an awareness of an underlying f <br /> historical potential within the park. Public <br /> considered a "metropolitan park." The input clearly shows that this potential is <br /> other key piece of this definition hinges highly valued within the park. <br /> upon the presence of resources that are <br /> unique within the system. A diversity of <br /> unique values, such as the butte, the river, <br /> <br /> I~~( Skinner Butte Park • Master Plan 2001 47 ~ j, <br /> <br />