Pendleton Round-Up

Pendleton Round-Up
Calf roping participant in 2004
Genrerodeo
BeginsSeptember
Frequencyannual
Location(s)Pendleton, Oregon, U.S.
Years active114
Inaugurated1910
Capacity17,000[1]
Websitewww.pendletonroundup.com
Pendleton is located in Oregon
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Location in northeastern Oregon

The Pendleton Round-Up is a major annual rodeo in the northwestern United States, at Pendleton in northeastern Oregon. Held at the Pendleton Round-Up Stadium during the second full week of September each year since 1910, the rodeo brings roughly 50,000 people every year to the city.[2] The Pendleton Round-Up is a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). The ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colorado, inducted the Pendleton Round-Up in 2008.[3]

The Round-Up was incorporated as a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organization on July 29, 1910, as the "Northwestern Frontier Exhibition Association".[4] The rodeo was primarily a creation of local ranchers led by Herman Rosenberg.

The Pendleton Round-Up has won the PRCA Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year award seven times: 2003, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023.[5]

A 1915 photograph by Walter S. Bowman of Bonnie McCarroll being thrown from a horse named Silver at the Pendleton Round-Up (The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame)

Bronc rider Bonnie McCarroll (1897–1929) died in a rodeo accident at Pendleton. The PRCA, formed in 1936, initially scheduled no events for women as a result of her death.[6]

The fourth annual round-up in September 1913 drew 50,000 spectators.[7]
  1. ^ "10 more high school football stadiums to see before you die - MaxPreps". MaxPreps.com. www.maxpreps.com. July 25, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Frazier, Joseph B. (September 12, 2004). "The buckaroos stop here". San Diego Union-Tribune. www.signonsandiego.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "Pendleton Round-Up - Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame". Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "History of the Pendleton Roundup". Pendleton Roundup. www.pendletonroundup.com. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "RodeoHouston wins 2019 Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year". Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  6. ^ "Bonnie McCarroll - Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum". Cowgirl Hall of Fame & Museum. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  7. ^ "The Month's Rodeo" . Sunset. Vol. 31. October 1913.