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Timeline of Milestones in Park and Recreation History <br />1966 <br />$1.75 million dollar bond passes, making <br />the 60’s <br />facility growth: <br />1937 <br /> acquired from 4j School <br />1937 <br />1937 <br />The “Buy a Piece <br />of the Butte” <br />campaign <br />succeeds in <br />protecting 280 <br />acres known as <br />Spencer Butte for <br />future <br />generations. <br />Eugene’s . After a brief <br />The Hendricks family donates <br />year in 1974 with a dysfunctional <br />land to form the beginning of <br />The Amazon Park Swimming Pool <br />Hendricks Park, becoming <br />opens to an enthusiastic crowd. <br />closes in 1982 after the bubble collapses. <br />1900 <br />190619481959 <br />192019471951 <br />A $10,000 Park Bond is approved to Eugene’s Voters approve a $1 million dollar <br />community center levy for park acquisition and <br />1962 <br />opens at Washington development. George Owen <br />Park. donates the land later to be the <br />Originally established by a <br />Three-sided shelters, the origin of site of the Owen Rose Garden. <br />group of senior citizens, <br />Campbell Senior Center, <br />Willamette River at Skinner Butte Park <br />to accommodate riverside car <br />kind on the west coast, <br />camping and picnicking for outdoor <br />opens its doors. <br />recreation seekers. <br />10 <br /> <br />