Let 'er Buck!

The Pendleton Round-Up celebrates 100 years of the wild Northwest

Cowboys and cowgirls may be a thing of the past to some, but their modern day counterparts still keep up that Wild West spirit. Here in the Pacific Northwest, there is no better celebration of the western way of life, past and present, than the premier event of September each year in Pendleton, Oregon: the Pendleton Round-Up.

100 Years of Horses

On September 19, 1910, every store in the Pendleton, Ore. area closed down. But rather than creating a ghost town feel, the closures were part of an event that drew the largest crowd the small city in northeastern Oregon had ever seen. That year, the Pendleton Round-Up drew in 7,000 people. In 2010, the crowd will number well above 50,000.

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