PENDLETON

city, northeastern Oregon, U.S., on the Umatilla River, adjacent to the Umatilla Indian Reservation. On the Oregon Trail, it was founded in 1869 by G.W. Bailey as the seat of Umatilla County and named for George Hunt Pendleton. It became a wheat and cattle centre after the arrival of the railroad in 1889. Industries include food processing and lumber and woollen mills. It is headquarters for Umatilla National Forest and the site of an Oregon State University agricultural experiment station and of Blue Mountain Community College (1962). The Pendleton Round-Up (rodeo) has been held annually in September since 1910. Inc. 1880. Pop. (1990) 15,126.