Pendleton, Oregon Pendleton, Oregon Water 0 sq mi (0 km2) Pendleton is a town/city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.
Developed along the Umatilla River, Pendleton was titled in 1868 by the county commissioners for George H.
Pendleton, Democratic candidate for vice-president in the 1864 presidential campaign. The populace was 16,612 at the 2010 census. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Umatilla County. Pendleton is the lesser of the two principal metros/cities of the Hermiston-Pendleton Micropolitan Statistical Area.
A United States Post Office titled Marshall (for the owner, and sometime gambler, of another small-town store) was established April 21, 1865, and later retitled Pendleton.
By 1900, Pendleton had a populace of 4,406 and was the fourth-largest town/city in Oregon.
The Pendleton Woolen Mills and Pendleton Round Up became features of the town/city captured in early paintings by Walter S.
Like many metros/cities in Eastern Oregon, where thousands of Chinese immigrant workers assembled the transcontinental barns , it had a expand Chinatown that advanced as the workers settled here.
The town is the cultural center of Eastern Oregon. Pendleton's "Old town" is listed as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. Pendleton Woolen Mills is a manufacturer of wool blankets, shirts, and an assortment of other woolen goods.
Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI) in Pendleton is the only place in Oregon where inmates make "Prison Blues" denim clothing.
The prison also operates a commercial laundry serving customers that include EOCI, the Snake River Correctional Institution, Pendleton High School, a small-town flour mill, and other entities.
Pendleton had the highest temperature recorded in Oregon at 119 F (48 C) on August 10, 1898. (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 3.0 1.8 .9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .1 1.4 4.1 11.3 In addition to the woolen mills, Pendleton is also famous for its annual rodeo, the Pendleton Round-Up. First held in 1910, it is part of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA)-sanctioned rodeo circuit. It is among the top ten PRCA venues in terms of prize cash. Historic Rainbow Cafe in downtown Pendleton (before 2006 facade restoration) Local arts establishments include the Pendleton Center for the Arts (in the town's old Carnegie Library building) and Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts on the close-by Umatilla Indian Reservation. The Pendleton Farmers' Market operates on Friday evenings from May through October on South Main Street. Pendleton Underground Tours which features the history of Pendleton and a tour through the underground tunnels and the Brothels.
The town/city hosts the annual Oregon School Activities Association 2 - A basketball tournament at the Pendleton Convention Center.
The Pendleton Aquatic Center, managed by Pendleton Parks & Recreation, features two fortress water slides as well tubes and lesser slides, three pools, a diving well, and picnic areas.
Highways serving Pendleton include Interstate 84 and U.S.
The town/city is also served by Oregon Route 37 and Oregon Route 11. Pendleton lies along the Union Pacific Railroad (UP), constructed originally through the region in the 1880s by the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (OR&N).
It reached Umatilla and Wallula in 1881, Pendleton in 1882, and then La Grande, Baker City, and Huntington, where by 1884 it met the UP line from Utah.
Since Pendleton was also connected by rail to the Northern Pacific line at Wallula and Walla Walla, by 1885 it was a stop on two transcontinental lines.
Regional enhance aviation service is through Eastern Oregon Regional Airport, 3 miles (5 km) outside Pendleton.
The airport is owned by the City of Pendleton. Boutique Air will offer daily flights between Pendleton and Portland beginning late 2016. KFFX-TV (Fox 11), a tv station based in Pendleton, serves a market that also includes the Washington metros/cities of Yakima, Pasco, Richland, and Kennewick. Oregon airways broadcasts based in or near Pendleton include: KTIX AM 1240, sports; KUMA AM 1290, news and talk; KRBM FM 90.9, Oregon Public Broadcasting, news and talk; KLKY FM 96.1, based in Stanfield and transmitting by translator K237 - DS in Pendleton at FM 95.3, classic rock;KZIU-FM 101.9, based in Weston and transmitting by translator K262 - CJ in Pendleton at 100.3 FM, top 40; KWHT FM 103.5, country; and KWVN-FM 107.7, range. Roy Schuening football player, Oregon State and National Football League, born in Pendleton Pendleton has a sister town/city relationship with Minamisoma, Japan.
Since then, Japanese exchange students from Minamisoma have continued visiting Pendleton, but students from Pendleton have stopped going to Minamisoma because of concerns about radiation. a b "State and County Quick Facts".
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