Despite Jess Pope posting the best ride of any competitor in bareback riding at the Pendleton Round-Up, Dean Thompson walked away with Saturday’s title on average. Thompson entered the finals with the ...

The venerable nonprofit was planning its biggest Round-Up celebration, a culmination of six years of outreach and community building. But McKenzie, a member of the Urban League’s Young Professionals ...

Mike Herbes of High Valley, mounts a horse while preparing for the Happy Canyon Nigh Show in September 2014 behind the Happy Canyon Arena in Pendleton. PENDLETON — Sawdust fills the air as a local ...

A popular rodeo in eastern Oregon was ranked on USA Today's 2025 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards as one of the best rodeos in the U.S.

The Pendleton Round-Up, a rodeo for the cowboys. All week long there was one thing that was continuously said by contestants, “this rodeo is for the cowboys”. With that being said, cowboys and ...

At 1:15 p.m. Sept. 15, 2021, a loud boom signaled the start of the rodeo in the Pendleton Round-Up arena. Round-Up Princess Kayla Fossek entered on a sorrel horse wearing red leather chaps and ...

The second week in September each year sees one of the largest events in eastern Oregon — the Pendleton Round-Up. The Round-Up started in 1910, though it has seen a few cancellations over the years, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Ralph Russell Doubleday (1881-1958), nicknamed the "rodeo postcard king," was a freelance rodeo photographer. He was probably born Edward Cochran ...