MICHAEL BALES & ANN TERRY HILL, PENDLETON ROUND-UP AT 100: OREGON'S LEGENDARY RODEO -- INCLUDES SLIDE SHOW!
- Street:
- Village Books
- Additional:
- 1200 Eleventh Street
- City:
- Bellingham ,
- Province:
- Washington
- Postal Code:
- 98225
- Country:
- United States
Beginning in 1910 as a small competition among working cowboys from nearby ranches and Native American tribes, The Pendleton Round-Up has grown into one of North America’s most popular rodeos, attracting up to 50,000 visitors. Over 500 photographs showcase the drama and traditions that make this classic rodeo unique, including the fact that Pendleton is the only rodeo with Native American participation every year since its inception. Pendleton has clung to its traditions: a hard grass field, long wooden chutes, thousands cheering from wooden bleachers in the hot August sun of Eastern Oregon. No electronic scoreboards or NASCAR-style advertising mar this competition, even today. In this comprehensive history, the full story of the Round-Up is told and illustrated in all its glory.
Mike Bales has been a newspaper writer, reporter, and editor for over twenty-five years, most recently for the Portland Oregonian . Ann Terry Hill, contributes regularly to American Cowboy, True West, and Cowboys & Indians magazines, and is also a former Round-Up princess and queen.
