Pendleton, Oregon | |
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Motto: The Real West | |
Coordinates: 45°40′32″N118°49′11″W / 45.67556°N 118.81972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Umatilla |
Incorporated | 1880 |
Government | |
• Mayor | John Turner [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 11.51 sq mi (29.81 km2) |
• Land | 11.51 sq mi (29.81 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 1,099 ft (335 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 17,107 |
• Density | 1,486.27/sq mi (573.85/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (Pacific) |
ZIP Code | 97801 |
Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
FIPS code | 41-57150 [5] |
GNIS feature ID | 2411399 [3] |
Website | www.pendleton.or.us |
Pendleton is a city in and the county seat [6] of Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The population was 17,107 at the time of the 2020 census, which includes approximately 1,600 people who are incarcerated at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution. [7]
Pendleton is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Hermiston–Pendleton Micropolitan Statistical Area. This micropolitan area covers Morrow and Umatilla counties [8] and had a combined population of 92,261 at the 2020 census. [5]
A European-American commercial center began to develop here in 1851, when William C. McKay established a trading post at the mouth of McKay Creek. A United States Post Office named Marshall (for the owner, and sometime gambler, of another local store) was established April 21, 1865, and later renamed Pendleton, after politician and diplomat George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), who served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Ohio. [9] The city was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 25, 1880. [10]
By 1900, Pendleton had a population of 4,406 and was the fourth-largest city in Oregon. The Pendleton Woolen Mills and Pendleton Round Up became features of the city captured in early paintings by Walter S. Bowman. Like many cities in Eastern Oregon, where thousands of Chinese immigrant workers built the transcontinental railroad, it had a flourishing Chinatown that developed as the workers settled here. The sector is supposed to have been underlain by a network of tunnels, which are now a tourist attraction. The authenticity as a Chinese tunnel system has been questioned. [11]
The town is the cultural center of Eastern Oregon. [12] Pendleton's "Old town" is listed as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. [13]
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) have their property nearby. They have established the Wildhorse Resort & Casino and golf course on the reservation to generate revenue for development and welfare. They have also built the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, for education and interpretation of their cultures. [12]
Pendleton Woolen Mills is a maker of wool blankets, shirts, and an assortment of other woolen goods. Founded in 1909 by Clarence, Roy and Chauncey Bishop, the company built upon earlier businesses related to the many sheep ranches in the region. A wool-scouring plant opened in Pendleton in 1893 to wash raw wool for shipping. In 1895, the scouring mill was converted into a mill that made wool blankets and robes for Native Americans. Both businesses failed to survive, but the Bishops, with the help of a local bond issue, enlarged the mill and improved its efficiency. They developed a successful line of garments and blankets with "vivid colors and intricate patterns." [14]
St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton is a 25-bed medical center. [15]
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 local flour mill, and other entities. In addition, some EOCI inmates work as clerks or have jobs in food service or maintenance. [16]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.52 square miles (27.25 km2), all land. [17]
The city was built on both sides of the Umatilla River, which has periodically flooded and caused some damage. In the beginning, the river was vital as a transportation and trading route for settlers, as well as a water and power source. It connected the city to the Columbia River.
Pendleton has a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with short, cool winters and hot summers. Pendleton had the highest temperature recorded in Oregon at 119 °F (48 °C) on August 10, 1898, [18] which was later tied on June 29, 2021, at the Pelton Dam COOP weather station in Jefferson County, Oregon, and the Moody Farms Agrimet weather station in Wasco County, Oregon. [19] The highest temperature recorded in Pendleton in recent times was 117 °F (47 °C) on June 29, 2021.
Climate data for Pendleton, Oregon (Eastern Oregon Regional Airport), 1991–2020 normals, [a] extremes 1892–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 71 (22) | 76 (24) | 83 (28) | 95 (35) | 103 (39) | 117 (47) | 114 (46) | 119 (48) | 104 (40) | 93 (34) | 80 (27) | 75 (24) | 119 (48) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 60.7 (15.9) | 61.6 (16.4) | 69.4 (20.8) | 77.4 (25.2) | 88.0 (31.1) | 95.2 (35.1) | 102.6 (39.2) | 101.0 (38.3) | 92.6 (33.7) | 80.0 (26.7) | 66.5 (19.2) | 59.9 (15.5) | 104.2 (40.1) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 41.7 (5.4) | 46.4 (8.0) | 55.0 (12.8) | 61.8 (16.6) | 70.9 (21.6) | 78.4 (25.8) | 89.2 (31.8) | 87.6 (30.9) | 78.0 (25.6) | 63.5 (17.5) | 49.1 (9.5) | 40.8 (4.9) | 63.5 (17.5) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 34.9 (1.6) | 38.0 (3.3) | 44.4 (6.9) | 50.1 (10.1) | 57.9 (14.4) | 64.6 (18.1) | 73.0 (22.8) | 71.8 (22.1) | 63.5 (17.5) | 51.5 (10.8) | 40.7 (4.8) | 34.2 (1.2) | 52.1 (11.1) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 28.0 (−2.2) | 29.6 (−1.3) | 33.7 (0.9) | 38.3 (3.5) | 45.0 (7.2) | 50.7 (10.4) | 56.7 (13.7) | 56.0 (13.3) | 49.0 (9.4) | 39.4 (4.1) | 32.3 (0.2) | 27.5 (−2.5) | 40.5 (4.7) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | 11.7 (−11.3) | 15.8 (−9.0) | 23.1 (−4.9) | 28.5 (−1.9) | 33.5 (0.8) | 41.2 (5.1) | 47.2 (8.4) | 46.0 (7.8) | 37.8 (3.2) | 25.7 (−3.5) | 18.8 (−7.3) | 12.1 (−11.1) | 3.7 (−15.7) |
Record low °F (°C) | −26 (−32) | −21 (−29) | 1 (−17) | 17 (−8) | 22 (−6) | 30 (−1) | 38 (3) | 30 (−1) | 21 (−6) | 11 (−12) | −13 (−25) | −28 (−33) | −28 (−33) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.52 (39) | 1.19 (30) | 1.33 (34) | 1.21 (31) | 1.45 (37) | 1.05 (27) | 0.26 (6.6) | 0.31 (7.9) | 0.53 (13) | 1.09 (28) | 1.39 (35) | 1.50 (38) | 12.83 (326.5) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 3.8 (9.7) | 4.5 (11) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 1.2 (3.0) | 5.4 (14) | 15.7 (39.75) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 12.3 | 9.9 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 8.2 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 100.2 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 11.2 |
Source 1: NOAA [20] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: National Weather Service [21] |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1870 | 243 | — | |
1880 | 730 | 200.4% | |
1890 | 2,506 | 243.3% | |
1900 | 4,406 | 75.8% | |
1910 | 4,460 | 1.2% | |
1920 | 6,837 | 53.3% | |
1930 | 6,621 | −3.2% | |
1940 | 8,847 | 33.6% | |
1950 | 11,774 | 33.1% | |
1960 | 14,434 | 22.6% | |
1970 | 13,197 | −8.6% | |
1980 | 14,521 | 10.0% | |
1990 | 15,126 | 4.2% | |
2000 | 16,354 | 8.1% | |
2010 | 16,612 | 1.6% | |
2020 | 17,107 | 3.0% | |
source: [5] [22] [4] |
As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $36,800, and the median income for a family was $47,410. Males had a median income of $31,763 versus $23,858 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,551. About 8.7% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.4% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over. [5]
As of the census of 2010, there were 16,612 people, 6,220 households, and 3,789 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,579.1 inhabitants per square mile (609.7/km2). There were 6,800 housing units at an average density of 646.4 per square mile (249.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 87.3% White, 1.4% African American, 3.2% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.6% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.7% of the population. [5]
There were 6,220 households, of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.1% were non-families. 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.96. [5]
The median age in the city was 36.9 years. 21.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28% were from 25 to 44; 26.3% were from 45 to 64; and 12.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.4% male and 46.6% female. [5]
In addition to the woolen mills, Pendleton is also famous for its annual rodeo, the Pendleton Round-Up. [23] [24] [25] First held in 1910, it is part of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA)-sanctioned rodeo circuit. [26] It is among the top ten PRCA venues in terms of prize money. [26]
Pendleton is also home to the annual Pendleton Whiskey Music Festival . This annual event is held in the historic Pendleton Round-up Arena in July. Past performers have included Maroon 5, Toby Keith, Zac Brown Band, Pitbull, Blake Shelton, and Post Malone.
The Festival of Trees is held in early December each year. It is a fundraising event produced by the St. Anthony Hospital Foundation. [27]
Local arts institutions include the Pendleton Center for the Arts (in the town's old Carnegie Library building) [28] and Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts on the nearby Umatilla Indian Reservation. [29]
The Heritage Station Museum operated by the Umatilla County Historical Society is located in the historic 1909 Pendleton Train Depot. The museum offers two galleries covering regional and local history as well as a one-room schoolhouse, family cabin, caboose, barn, and signal house. [30]
The Pendleton Farmers' Market operates on Friday evenings from May through October on South Main Street. [31]
Pendleton Underground Tours features the history of Pendleton and a tour through the tunnels and the brothels. It is open year-round. [32]
The city hosts the annual Oregon School Activities Association 2A basketball tournament at the Pendleton Convention Center. Eight teams of boys and eight of girls compete for their respective championships during a four-day tournament. Civic leaders regard the influx of family and other fans the second-most important boost to the local economy, behind the Round-Up. Total attendance at the tournament in 2010 exceeded 13,000. [33]
The Pendleton Aquatic Center, managed by Pendleton Parks & Recreation, features two tower water slides as well tubes and smaller slides, three pools, a diving well, and picnic areas. The aquatic center is adjacent to the high school. [34]
Highways serving Pendleton include Interstate 84 and U.S. Route 30 running east–west and U.S. Route 395 running north–south. The city is also served by Oregon Route 37 and Oregon Route 11. [35]
Pendleton lies along the Union Pacific Railroad (UP), constructed originally through the area in the 1880s by the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (OR&N). In 1880, the OR&N began construction of a rail line from Portland through the Columbia Gorge to eastern Oregon. 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. The UP absorbed the OR&N line in 1889. [36]
Between 1977 and 1997, the city was a regular stop along the former route of Amtrak's Pioneer between Chicago and Seattle via Salt Lake City and Portland. [37]
Regional public aviation service is through Eastern Oregon Regional Airport, 3 miles (5 km) outside Pendleton. The airport is owned by the City of Pendleton. [38] Boutique Air offers daily flights between Pendleton and Portland, which began in 2016. [39]
Two newspapers are published in Pendleton. The East Oregonian is a daily with a circulation of about 6,800. The Pendleton Record is a weekly with a circulation of about 900. [40]
KFFX-TV (Fox 11), a television station based in Pendleton, serves a market that also includes the Washington cities of Yakima, Pasco, Richland, and Kennewick. [41] Oregon radio stations based in or near Pendleton include: KTIX (1240AM); KUMA (1290AM); OPB station KRBM (90.9FM); KLKY (96.1FM) with translator K237DS (95.3FM); KNHK-FM (101.9) with translator K262CJ (100.3FM); KWHT (103.5FM); and KWVN-FM (107.7). [42]
Pendleton has a sister city relationship with Marikina, a municipality-turned-city in the Philippines. The relationship was established in 1971 when then mayor Eddie O. Knopp and Marikina mayor Osmundo de Guzman had their daughters temporarily switch schools in their respective towns. By 1974, Knopp visited Marikina after Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos declared a nationwide martial law two years prior, and expressed that based on the "excellent peace and order situation" he saw while in the country, the United States could try implementing martial law in towns rampant with violence and crime. [60]
Another sister city of Pendleton is the town of Minamisōma, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Minamisoma is 16 miles (26 km) north of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Since then, Japanese exchange students from Minamisoma have continued to visit Pendleton, though students from Pendleton have stopped visiting Minamisoma over growing radiation concerns. [61]
Umatilla County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. The population of 81,826 ranks it as the 14th largest in Oregon, and largest in Eastern Oregon. Hermiston is the largest city in Umatilla County, but Pendleton remains the county seat. Umatilla County is part of the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area, which has a combined population of 94,833. It is included in the eight-county definition of Eastern Oregon.
Interstate 82 (I-82) is an Interstate Highway in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States that travels through parts of Washington and Oregon. It runs 144 miles (232 km) from its northwestern terminus at I-90 in Ellensburg, Washington, to its southeastern terminus at I-84 in Hermiston, Oregon. The highway passes through Yakima and the Tri-Cities, and is also part of the link between Seattle and Salt Lake City, Utah. I-82 travels concurrently with U.S. Route 97 (US 97) between Ellensburg and Union Gap; US 12 from Yakima to the Tri-Cities; and US 395 from Kennewick to Umatilla, Oregon.
Heppner is a city in, and the county seat of, Morrow County, Oregon, United States. As of 2010, the population was 1,291. Heppner is part of the Pendleton-Hermiston Micropolitan Area. Heppner is named after Henry Heppner, a prominent Jewish-American businessman.
Hermiston is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Its population of 20,322 makes it the largest city in Eastern Oregon. Hermiston is the largest and fastest-growing city in the Hermiston-Pendleton Micropolitan Statistical Area, the eighth largest Core Based Statistical Area in Oregon with a combined population of 92,261 at the 2020 census. Hermiston sits near the junction of I-82 and I-84, and is 7 miles south of the Columbia River, the Washington state line, Lake Wallula, and the McNary Dam. The Hermiston area has become a hub for logistics and data center activity due to the proximity of the I-82 and I-84 interchange, Pacific Northwest fiber optic backbone, and low power costs.
Umatilla is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The population in 2010 was 6,906, but the city's population includes approximately 2,000 inmates incarcerated at Two Rivers Correctional Institution.
La Grande is a city in Union County, Oregon, United States. La Grande is Union County's largest city, with a population of 13,082 at the time of the 2010 U.S. Census. The La Grande metro population is 25,076. It is the 16th largest metropolitan area in Oregon.
Pendleton may refer to:
The Cayuse are a Native American tribe in what is now the state of Oregon in the United States. The Cayuse tribe shares a reservation and government in northeastern Oregon with the Umatilla and the Walla Walla tribes as part of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The reservation is located near Pendleton, Oregon, at the base of the Blue Mountains.
The Umatilla are a Sahaptin-speaking Native American tribe who traditionally inhabited the Columbia Plateau region of the northwestern United States, along the Umatilla and Columbia rivers.
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are the federally recognized confederations of three Sahaptin-speaking Native American tribes who traditionally inhabited the Columbia River Plateau region: the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla.
The Tamástslikt Cultural Institute is a museum and research institute located on the Umatilla Indian Reservation near Pendleton in eastern Oregon. It is the only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail. The institute is dedicated to the culture of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla tribes of Native Americans. The main permanent exhibition of the museum provides a history of the culture of three tribes, and of the reservation itself. The museum also has a second hall for temporary exhibitions of specific types of Native American art, craftwork, history, and folklore related to the tribes.
The Umatilla Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It was created by The Treaty of 9 June 1855 between the United States and members of the Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla tribes. It lies in northeastern Oregon, east of Pendleton. The reservation is mostly in Umatilla County, with a very small part extending south into Union County. It is managed by the three Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
U.S. Route 730 (US 730) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway, of which all but 6.08 miles of its 41.78 miles are within the state of Oregon. The highway starts in rural Morrow County in Eastern Oregon at an interchange with Interstate 84 (I-84) and US 30, located east of the city of Boardman. US 730 travels east along the Columbia River as a continuation of Columbia River Highway No. 2 into Umatilla County, intersecting I-82 and US 395 in the city of Umatilla. US 730 and US 395 form a short concurrency within the city before the highways part, and US 730 continues northeast into Washington. The highway travels through rural Walla Walla County and ends at an intersection with US 12 south of Wallula.
The Pendleton Round-Up is a major annual rodeo in the northwestern United States, at Pendleton in northeastern Oregon. Held at the Pendleton Round-Up Stadium during the second full week of September each year since 1910, the rodeo brings roughly 50,000 people every year to the city. The Pendleton Round-Up is a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). The ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colorado, inducted the Pendleton Round-Up in 2008.
Pendleton Woolen Mills is an American textile manufacturing company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is known for its blankets and woolen clothing.
The Umatilla River is an 89-mile (143 km) tributary of the Columbia River in northern Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Draining a basin of 2,450 square miles (6,300 km2), it enters the Columbia near the city of Umatilla in the northeastern part of the state. In downstream order, beginning at the headwaters, major tributaries of the Umatilla River are the North Fork Umatilla River and the South Fork Umatilla River, then Meacham, McKay, Birch, and Butter creeks.
Jackson Sundown, born Waaya-Tonah-Toesits-Kahn, was a Native American rodeo rider who has become a folk-hero for his mythic performance in the 1916 Pendleton Round-Up, largely popularized by Ken Kesey's novel The Last Go 'Round.
KCUW-LP is a radio station licensed to Pendleton, Oregon, United States. The station is currently owned by Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Walter Scott Bowman was a prominent professional photographer in Pendleton, Oregon. His work is included in the University of Oregon's Bowman, Moorhouse, Furlong, and Drake collections. Bowman captured well known action shots from the Pendleton Round-Up that are included at the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame. The National Cowboy Museum includes numerous Bowman photographs and postcard images. Bowman photographed events around Umatilla, Oregon, including parades, marching bands, railroad scenes, Pendleton High School team pictures, dances, studio portraits and images of Native American. The University of Oregon's Walter S. Bowman photographs collection includes 379 glass-plate negatives, 51 cellulose acetate negatives, and 200 silver gelatin photoprints.
Pendleton – Pendleton Underground. An interesting tour of downtown Pendleton basements. However, some guides call them "Chinese tunnels" thus perpetuating a stereotype for which there is no basis in fact. See "Ongoing Research" for a discussion of so-called "Chinese tunnels."