Pendleton, Oregon

Let'er buck

By 1900, Pendleton had a population of 4,406 and was the fourth-largest city in Oregon

Pendleton Round-Up first held in 1910

Hiding beneath the streets of downtown Pendleton is a secret district that has been around for more than 100 years. The long-abandoned tunnels were discovered in the 1980s. What they found beneath was and still is downright fascinating.  Throughout the Pendleton Underground were saloons, apothecaries, bordellos, a butcher shop, an opium den, and more. Today, you can take a tour of the abandoned underground city that will make you feel like you’ve been transported to the past.  The remnants of some of these businesses still remain, and some have been recreated to show what the Underground was like all those years ago.

A town once famous for its bootlegging and bordellos, Pendleton was considered by cowboys of the time to be the entertainment capital of the Northwest. Among the 32 saloons and 18 brothels that called Pendleton home, the most notorious of these was Madame Darby’s Cozy Rooms. This statue of Madame Darby, though a bit controversial, reminds visitors of a more colorful part of Pendleton’s history. Stella Darby stands proudly at the entrance to her risqué establishment.

The Cozy 

Madam Stella Darby's living quarters

The Brothel included a chapel

Working rooms

Tour museum

 Duff Severe is known throughout the world as a master leather worker. He is a world renowned saddler.

Mother of Pendleton
Aura Goodwin Raley and her husband Moses built the first house in Pendleton

Dave checking to see if there is anything in his price range.

Factory Tour

Farmers Market

Our first pluots.  A cross between a plum and a apricot.


Dave enjoying his Hot Chocolate

Dinner at Moe Pho's