By Matt Stringham
August 26, 2008
 
EUGENE, Ore. -- Archaeologists from the University of Oregon shared the results of three months' worth of research on human bones found near the Riverbend Medical Center in May. Records indicate that the property was once a burial site for the family of William Stevens, one of the first pioneers to settle in Springifeld in 1847. In all, the body of an adult male, two children under the age of two, and an infant were unearthed at the site.
 
A backhoe operator noticed the bones while doing landscaping work on the hospital property.