{"id":290,"date":"2025-07-17T21:35:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.skinnerbuttehistory.org\/?page_id=290"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:43:36","slug":"storyseven","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/index.php\/footnotes-on-the-butte\/storyseven\/","title":{"rendered":"Activism for the Public Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"290\" class=\"elementor elementor-290\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-732fb166 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"732fb166\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2347275e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2347275e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WR9-e1752448901806.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-51\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21805257 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21805257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>A typhoid outbreak in 1906 united the community to make everyone safer.\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fb572b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2fb572b1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7554943 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7554943\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Skinner Butte plays an important role in advocating for public health activism. Dr. Shelton and several colleagues started a water company in 1886 and sold it to an East Coast Company shortly after. The renamed Willamette Valley Company did not maintain the system leading to a typhoid outbreak from sewer break into Mill Creek. Public outcry and activism around the event led to the creation of the Eugene Water Board.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43918a6d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43918a6d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d4f9529 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d4f9529\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Story-7-Activism-for-the-Public-Good_REVISED.mp3'>Story 7 &#8211; Activism for the Public Good_REVISED<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Story-7-Activism-for-the-Public-Good_REVISED.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\\\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Story 7 - Activism for the Public Good_REVISED\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Story 7 - Activism for the Public Good_REVISED\\\". Released: 2025.\",\"meta\":{\"year\":\"2025\",\"length_formatted\":\"4:10\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/p><p>Listen to the Executive Director of Shelton McMurphey Johnson House tell the story of the first utility company of Eugene.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3925bbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3925bbe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-064b898 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"064b898\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Story-7-Activism-for-the-Public-Good_mixdown.docx\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">If you have trouble accessing the audio, you can find the transcript here.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a8548a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a8548a9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c5bc18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18c5bc18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>The Footnotes 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