Eastern Oregon Seeks Benefits From Panama Pacific Exposition
An Oregon editorial urges Eastern Oregon to showcase vast unoccupied lands at the San Francisco Exposition of 1915 to attract homesteaders. It cites dry farming success and grain, notes Willamette Valley counties already organizing exhibits with a $5,600 fund, and calls for eastern Oregon to form a similar exhibit program to highlight dry farming and irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
San Francisco
Oklahoma
Chicago
Warols
Willamette Valley
Tilman
Pendleton Round-Up: The Real Grand Classic of Life on the Range
An enduring view of the Pendleton Round-Up as the ultimate Western life event. The piece argues the Round-Up unites horses and riders, stresses the dangers and costs of organizing such a show, and credits management for its success while noting the stubborn bucking nature of horses and the cowboy’s place in tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Western Range
Round-up at Pendleton Beat New York Attendance?
A Pendleton scene extols the 1913 Round-Up as a magnet on par with world championship baseball crowds. It notes six thousand residents powering a festival drawing sixty thousand over three days, and urges state wide exhibits showcasing crops, industries, and culture to attract transcontinental migrants.
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Pendleton
TopFrey
New York City
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Philadelphia
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Oregon Commission
Commission
Rutter
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co
Pebble Ford
Cedar Brook
Funny Brook
Cutter’s Bourbon
Seal of
Kentucky Park
Ford
Echo Springs Monogram Lacy
Reisling Lauterne
Olympia Rainier
Brandies
Mumm’s
California
Main St
Pendleton, Oregon
D. D. Phelps
East Court Street
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