EUGENE, Ore. — A major milestone happened Friday for a project honoring Eugene’s first Black families as community members gathered to see the completed design for the “Across the Bridge” monument.
The monument will honor the history of the Black community that was forced from their homes through eminent domain in order to build the Ferry Street Bridge in 1949.
The first families lived in Ferry Street Village on the riverbanks of the Willamette River in shack houses that often flooded…