Pendleton, Oregon
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Pendleton is a city in and the county seat 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 incarc
Downtown Pendleton
Pendleton in 1891
Aerial view of Pendleton in 1923
Grain elevators in Pendleton
Pendleton Woolen Mills
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Pendleton Woolen Mills is an American textile manufacturing company headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Incorporated in 1909 in Pendleton, Oregon, the company is known for its woolen blankets and cloth
Pendleton, Oregon
…by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 25, 1880. 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 photographs by Walter S. Bowman. Like many cities in Eastern Oregon, where thousands…
The company's Pendleton facility in 2012, at the site of the original mill
Pendleton Woolen Mills c. 1910
A Native American man operates a loom at Pendleton Woolen Mills, photographed by Lee Moorhouse
Two women stand wrapped in Pendleton Woolen Mills blankets, photographed by Lee Moorhouse