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participant of the Pendleton Round-Up.]] The Pendleton Round-Up is a rodeo
Rodeo

Rodeo is a sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia....
 held in Pendleton, Oregon
Pendleton, Oregon

Pendleton is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. Pendleton was named in 1868 by the county commissioners for George H. Pendleton, United States Democratic Party candidate for Vice-President in the U.S....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, during the second full week of September each year, since 1910. The rodeo brings roughly 50,000 people every year to the city of Pendleton. The Pendleton Round-Up is a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association is an organization whose members compete in rodeos throughout North America but primarily in the United States....
 (PRCA).

The Round-Up was incorporated
Incorporation (business)

Incorporation is the forming of a new corporation . The corporation may be a business, a non-profit organization, sports club or a government of a new city or town....
 as a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization

A nonprofit organization is any organization that does not aim to make a profit, and which is not a public body....
 July 29, 1910, as the "Northwestern Frontier Exhibition Association."The rodeo was primarily a creation of local ranchers led by Herman Rosenberg.

e are 10 events in which cowboys (and girls in Barrel Racing) from all over the United States and Canada compete:

y Round-Up week begins with the Dress Up Parade, on the Saturday before the rodeo, in which different groups throughout Eastern Oregon
Eastern Oregon

Eastern Oregon is the eastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is not an officially recognized geographic entity, so its boundaries vary according to context....
, including Boy and Girl Scouts, the Children's Rodeo, and many local businesses, build floats and compete for 1st place.

Friday of Round-Up week is the Westward Ho! parade, in which every entrant must be in a non-motorized vehicle.






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participant of the Pendleton Round-Up.]] The Pendleton Round-Up is a rodeo
Rodeo

Rodeo is a sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia....
 held in Pendleton, Oregon
Pendleton, Oregon

Pendleton is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. Pendleton was named in 1868 by the county commissioners for George H. Pendleton, United States Democratic Party candidate for Vice-President in the U.S....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, during the second full week of September each year, since 1910. The rodeo brings roughly 50,000 people every year to the city of Pendleton. The Pendleton Round-Up is a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association is an organization whose members compete in rodeos throughout North America but primarily in the United States....
 (PRCA).

The Round-Up was incorporated
Incorporation (business)

Incorporation is the forming of a new corporation . The corporation may be a business, a non-profit organization, sports club or a government of a new city or town....
 as a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization

A nonprofit organization is any organization that does not aim to make a profit, and which is not a public body....
 July 29, 1910, as the "Northwestern Frontier Exhibition Association."The rodeo was primarily a creation of local ranchers led by Herman Rosenberg.

Events

There are 10 events in which cowboys (and girls in Barrel Racing) from all over the United States and Canada compete:
  • Bareback riding
    Bronc riding

    Bronc riding, either saddle bronc or bareback bronc competition, is a rodeo event that involves a rodeo participant riding on a horse , that attempts to throw or bucking the rider....
  • Saddle bronc riding
    Bronc riding

    Bronc riding, either saddle bronc or bareback bronc competition, is a rodeo event that involves a rodeo participant riding on a horse , that attempts to throw or bucking the rider....
  • Calf roping
    Calf roping

    Calf roping, also known as tie-down roping, is a rodeo Rodeo#Events that features a calf and a equestrianism mounted on a horse. The goal of this timed event is for the rider to catch the calf by throwing a loop of rope from a lariat around its neck, dismount from the horse, run to the calf, and restrain it by tying three legs togeth...
  • Team roping
    Team roping

    Team roping also known as heading and heeling is a rodeo event that features a steer and two mounted cowboys or cowgirls. The first roper is referred to as the "header," the person who ropes the front of the steer, usually around the horns; the second is the "heeler," who ropes the steer by its hind feet....
  • Steer wrestling
    Steer wrestling

    Steer wrestling, also known as bulldogging, is a rodeo event in which a horse-mounted equestrianism chases a steer, drops from the horse to the steer, then wrestles the steer to the ground by twisting its horns....
  • Barrel racing
    Barrel racing

    Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to complete a pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time. Though both sexes compete at the youth level and in some amateur venues, in collegiate and professional ranks, it is primarily a rodeo event for women....
  • Steer roping
    Steer roping

    Steer roping, also known as steer tripping, is a rodeo event that features a steer and one mounted cowboy. The steers are moved through narrow pathways leading to a chute with spring-loaded doors....
  • Brahma bull riding
    Bull riding

    Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a large cattle and attempting to stay mounted for at least 8 seconds while the animal attempts to bucking the rider....
  • Indian relay race
    Relay race

    During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action....
    s
  • Wild cow milking
    Milking

    Milking is the act of removing milk from the mammary glands of an animal, typically cows and donkeys. A rarely used term for the milking of cows is vaccimulgence, derived from the Latin words vacca and emulgere ....


Round-Up week

Every Round-Up week begins with the Dress Up Parade, on the Saturday before the rodeo, in which different groups throughout Eastern Oregon
Eastern Oregon

Eastern Oregon is the eastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is not an officially recognized geographic entity, so its boundaries vary according to context....
, including Boy and Girl Scouts, the Children's Rodeo, and many local businesses, build floats and compete for 1st place.

Friday of Round-Up week is the Westward Ho! parade, in which every entrant must be in a non-motorized vehicle. Most of which are authentic covered wagon
Conestoga wagon

The Conestoga wagon is a heavy, broad-wheeled covered freight carrier used extensively during the late 1700s and 1800s in the United States. It was large enough to transport loads up to 8 short tons , and was drawn by 4 to 8 mules or 4 to 9 oxen....
s and horse-drawn buggies
Horse and buggy

A horse and buggy or horse and carriage refers to a light, simple, two-person carriage of the 19th and early 20th centuries, drawn usually by one or sometimes by two horses....
, though some choose to ride horseback or walk.

Next the Monday and Tuesday before the rodeo begins the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) come and compete in the Happy Canyon arena.

Wednesday is when both Round-Up and Happy Canyon begin.

Grand Entry


The rodeo starts with an extreme run in on horseback of flag bearers; the Flag of the United States
Flag of the United States

The flag of the United States consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the Flag terminology bearing fifty small, white, Star s arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars alternating with rows of five stars....
, the Flag of Oregon
Flag of Oregon

The flag of the United States state of Oregon is a two-sided flag in navy blue and gold with an optional gold fringe. On the front is the escutcheon from the seal of Oregon and on the reverse is a gold figure of a American beaver, the state animal....
, the Flag of Canada
Flag of Canada

The 'National Flag of Canada', also known as the 'Maple Leaf', and , is a red flag with a white square in its centre, had been officially adopted in Canada to replace the Union Flag....
, and the flag of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation is a federally recognized confederation of three Sahaptin language-speaking Native Americans in the United States tribes who traditionally inhabited the Columbia River Plateau region: the Cayuse, Umatilla , and Walla Walla ....
, then the Round-Up Queen and her court run in on their horses at full speed, make two jumps and stop just before the fence in front of the south grandstand.

Personnel

The current announcer of the Pendleton Round-Up is Wayne Brooks, while the bullfighters are Joe Baumgartner, Lloyd Ketchum, and Keith Isley all with numerous accolades.

External links

  • an Indian Pageant that is part of the Roundup
  • Official song of the 1912 Round Up - Sheet music and photographs