Pendleton, OR

We stopped in Pendleton for a couple for days to tour the Underground City. We stayed at the Pendleton Elks.

By Monday we were pretty much alone. There is a riverwalk that ran behind us. It ran from the Rodeo Grounds along the Umatilla River to the east side of town.

Riverwalk Park

A sculpture along the way.

Our Pendleton Underground Tour was very interesting.

Hop Sing’s Laundry

The Jail

The meat market. The actual market was at ground level down underground was where they cut up the meat and got the chickens ready. They would pluck the chickens and save the feathers to sell to make pillows and other bed covers.

 

The plucking area.

The Chinese had their Opium dens underground and mostly lived there.

During Prohibition they moved the bars underground and called them Speakeasy's.

Above ground in a 4 block area were many bars and brothels. The last brothel closed in 1965.

We toured a brothel, this was the sitting room. The Madame of this brothel was good to her girls teaching them to read, manage their money.

 

Next tour was the Pendleton Woolen Mills.

Dyed wool that is being run through to “comb” it.

She is threading the yarn onto bobbin like devices.

The weaving loom.

To the finished product.

Both were great tours and well worth the stop.