Hey RG, thanks for using this great ca. 1871 historic photo of 9th (Broadway) and Willamette  in your Sesquicentennial PR.   It tells a whole story.  
You might want to  let your readers know  that 2 story building on the right, at the NW corner,  is Bristows Brick, 1866,   first Eugene brick building; their mercantile  was on  the ground floor and IOOF on second.  Amazingly part  of that structure still remains though mostly it's been altered with all the remodelings and enlargements.
On the SW corner there's the sign for Havener's Market; then a harness shop; the striped pole could be a barber or doctor; the fellow on the porch of the Guard's office could be the Editor George Buys, and he could be anticipating the arrival of the stagecoach  with its news of the world at the St. Charles Hotel, kitty-corner across the intersection.

Hard to tell if there are any homeless there, but if you look carefully you'll see a nice dog lying below the harness and market signs.