A rodeo in Oregon encapsulates the old Wild West
The Pendelton Round-Up is a holdout for cowboy culture
At most times of the year Pendleton is a sleepy place known for wool and whiskey. For one week each September, however, the town in eastern Oregon, with a population of just 17,000, hosts more than 50,000 visitors who flock to one of the last holdouts of the cowboy West. Since 1910 its annual rodeo, called the Pendleton Round-Up, has prided itself on its exhibition of working cowboys in a show of the best steer-wrestling, roping, barrel-racing and riding that the country has to offer.
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