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  Pendleton, Oregon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pendleton was named in 1868 by the county commissioners for George H. Pendleton, Democratic candidate for Vice-President in the 1864 presidential campaign.
Pendleton Woolen Mills, founded in 1893, is known world-wide as a maker of fine Indian trading blankets and men's plaid shirts.
In addition Pendleton had a noted red light district, which as late as 1947 counted 20 brothels in the heart of the city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pendleton,_Oregon   (663 words)

  
 Linwood Pendleton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pendleton was an assistant professor of Economics, International Relations, and Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California and an assistant professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Wyoming.
Pendleton is a principal investigator on three projects that all seek to better inform policymakers about coastal and marine non-market values.
Pendleton is leading the development of theoretical and applied methods to assess and aggregate national data on the economic values of non-market coastal goods and services.
www.ph.ucla.edu /ehs/Faculty_Pendleton.htm   (527 words)

  
 Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is located in southern California between the towns of Oceanside and San Clemente.
On July 20 of that same year, the expedition arrived at a location now known as Camp Pendleton, and as it was the holy day St.
It was named for Major General Joseph H. Pendleton who had long advocated the establishment of a West Coast training base.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Camp_Pendleton,_California   (653 words)

  
 Pendleton Chamber of Commerce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pendleton is situated in the northeast part of Oregon with almost equal distances to Portland, Oregon, Seattle and Spokane, Washington, and Boise, Idaho.
Pendleton is on I-84 and U.S. Highway 395, and is on the Oregon Trail.
Pendleton boasts many well-maintained city parks, including the new aquatic center, tha beckon residents and visitors alike to take advantage of the water slides, picnic tables, shelters and grills, playgrounds, tennis courts, and wading pools.
www.pendleton-oregon.org /profile.html   (729 words)

  
 Pendleton Round-Up
Pendleton Round-Up President Dr. Tom Weeks says he and the board of directors are pleased with the early success of the whisky.
Pendleton Whisky has emerged as a local and regional favorite, and we're having this party to say thanks to everyone who's helped make the whisky a success." Pendleton Blended Canadian Whisky is the creation of Hood River Distillers, the Northwest's oldest and largest importer of distilled spirits.
The Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon is held the second full week of September in Pendleton, Ore. The Round-Up began in 1910 and is recognized as one of the oldest and most prestigious rodeos in the world and won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's 2003 Large Outdoor Rodeo Committee of the Year Award.
www.pendletonroundup.com /pages/pendleton_whisky.shtml   (661 words)

  
 Visit Pendleton County: West Virginia's Hidden Treasure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pendleton County is the scenic jewel of the Potomac Highlands.
It is the county with the highest elevation in the Potomac Highlands and its eastern, western and southern borders mark the headwaters of the South Branch of the Potomac River.
Pendleton County is a hidden treasure because it has been spared the blight of heavily trafficked interstates, bringing noise, pollution and hordes of people going somewhere else.
www.visitpendleton.com   (327 words)

  
 Pendleton Sandstone Bed
Pendleton recognition becomes, therefore, very much a subjective matter, and its distribution should be considered as spotty at best and in thicknesses less than that of the type section.
The Pendleton is overlain conformably by fine-grained Vernon Fork dolomites that are unnamed at bed rank.
To assure consistency, short of new definition, the Pendleton should be considered as restricted to areas south and west of the Kankakee and Cincinnati Arches, that is, primarily to the area of Geneva distribution.
igs.indiana.edu /geology/structure/compendium/html/comp9pk4.cfm   (833 words)

  
 Camp Pendleton
Camp Pendleton has noted that its existing operations are challenged by noise control advocates, in most cases representing communities that were established long after the installation was established and the operations were underway.
Camp Pendleton was declared a "permanent" installation in October 1944, and in 1946, Gen. Vandegrift stated that the base’s future role was to be the center of all West Coast activities and the home of the 1st Marine Division, the peacetime strength of which would be 12,500.
Camp Pendleton’s role as a training and replacement command was reflected in the nearly 200,000 Marines who passed through the base on their way to the Far East.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/camp-pendleton.htm   (3035 words)

  
 Pendleton ® - wool blazers & plaid skirts
A major railhead serving the Columbia Plateau, the town of Pendleton was a wool shipping center for sheep growers of the region.
These Pendleton blankets were used as basic wearing apparel and as a standard of value for trading and credit among Native Americans.
In 1972, Pendleton became a year-around sportswear resource, introducing distinctively styled, non-wool menswear and womenswear for spring and summer wear.
www.littlehousefashions.com /pendleton.html   (1083 words)

  
 KCOJ - Pendleton County, Kentucky
Pendleton County, the twenty-eighth county in order of formation, is located in north-central Kentucky in the Outer Bluegrass region.
The Ohio River borders Pendleton County for five miles along its northeastern border, and the South Fork and the main stream of the Licking River join at Falmouth and flow northward out of the county.
Pendleton, "the county that came back," nevertheless lost one-third of its residents at the height of the economic crisis.
www.kycourts.net /Counties/Pendleton_text.asp   (921 words)

  
 Pendleton Heights High School Arabian Band
Pendleton Heights High School is located in Pendleton, Indiana.
Pendleton is a community of 3,873 people (2000 Censes) located 35 miles northeast of Indianapolis.
Pendleton Heights High School has 1007 students in grades 9 through 12 (2003 enrollment) and operates in a tri-mester class schedule.
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 The Pendleton Rescue, 1952
Despite the passage of a half-century, memories, especially the horrific death of a thirty-third crewman during the rescue, are still vivid in the mind of the 73-year-old small boat coxswain.
Pendleton’s condition of loading and ballasting with excessive buoyancy in the bow and stern and heavy weight amidships created a sagging effect, which was aggravated by the extremely heavy seas.
The board concluded the fracture of the hull was caused by failure of material under stress due to low temperature on a tension setup by the condition of loading and the situation of the vessel in an extremely rough sea.
www.uscg.mil /HQ/G-CP/HISTORY/Pendleton_Webster.html   (3113 words)

  
 Luxuriously Tall e-Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The light, soft, brushed hand of Pendleton's worsted wool flannel lends itself to a pretty plaid in grey with shots of amethyst, magenta and grape in this skirt from the "Inspiration" group.
Finer, flatter jersey knit is lightweight, and the fresh colors complement this season’s new Pendleton palette in wool skirts, jackets and trousers.
Pendleton is pleased to introduce a miraculously light, plain weave, worsted wool with a little Lycra® spandex for superior shape retention, fit and comfort.
www.ec-securehost.com /LuxuriouslyTall/Pendleton.html   (947 words)

  
 Pendleton on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The annual Pendleton Roundup rodeo, dating from 1910, is held in September.
Pendleton makes and dyes its own yarn for use in blankets at the company woolen mills.
At the original Pendleton mill in Northeast Oregon, sacks of virgin-wool scraps, called rovings, are taken from the freight elevator to be weighed.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/p/pendltn.asp   (607 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: PENDLETON, GEORGE CASSETY
George Cassety Pendleton, state representative, lieutenant governor, and congressman, was born to Ned E. and Sarah (Smart) Pendleton in Warren County, Tennessee, on April 23, 1845.
During 1881 and 1882 Pendleton lived in Bell County, first in Old Howard, and later, after the Santa Fe Railroad bypassed that village, at Pendleton, where he was involved in various business pursuits for a short time.
Pendleton was selected as state representative of the Twenty-fourth District, which included Bell County, and retained office for the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth legislatures; he served as speaker of the House in 1886.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/PP/fpe21.html   (634 words)

  
 Pendleton, OR - Oregon Florists, buy flowers from your local full service retail flower shops and florist serving ...
Pendleton, Oregon Florists have been brought to you by Flower Shop Network, a directory of United States and Canadian florists.
It is vitally important that you provide Pendleton, Oregon Florists with accurate, detailed information regarding the name and address of the person to whom you are sending flowers.
When placing an order for Delivery in Pendleton, Oregon, it is usually wise to keep the order simple, the less specific you are in your request, the less room for error.
www.flowershopnetwork.com /directory/OregonFlorists/Pendleton.php   (855 words)

  
 Pendleton School District in Pendleton, Oregon. Serving students Kindergarten through 12th Grades at the base of the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Pendleton School District serves 3,580 students in eight schools.
The Pendleton schools have an outstanding music program with instruction in band, choir and orchestra at the middle and senior high schools.
Pendleton sports programs have long-standing reputations for winning, attributed in large part to the tremendous community pride, spirit and tradition.
www.pendleton.k12.or.us   (245 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Edmund Pendleton (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Edmund Pendleton 1721–1803, American jurist and political leader in the American Revolution, b.
Caroline co., Va. He began law practice in 1741 and was elected (1752) to the Virginia house of burgesses, where, although a leading conservative, he became an outstanding opponent of British colonial policies.
Pendleton was a member of the Virginia committee of correspondence, delegate to the First Continental Congress (1774–75), head of the Virginia committee of safety (1775), and president of the convention (1776) that adopted his resolution instructing Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress to propose independence from Britain.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PendltnE.html   (282 words)

  
 Welcome to Pendleton, Oregon
Nationally famous for its annual Roundup, Pendleton is an old cow town set in between the steep hills along the Umatilla River in the center of a large ranching and farming area.
Pendleton is the trading center for extensive wheat and green pea production from the surrounding Umatilla county area.
Pendleton's underground tunnels, dug by the Chinese between 1870 and 1930, cover over 70 miles underneath Pendleton's historic district.
www.el.com /to/pendleton   (546 words)

  
 BOOKS BY DON PENDLETON AND LINDA PENDLETON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Don Pendleton is considered the 'father of the action/adventure genre,' with his creation of the original 'Executioner: Mack Bolan,' series of novels.
Pendleton has deeper truths to share in a work that entertains as it enlightens, examining the creative rationale that is the source of good writing"-Stephen Mertz, author of 'Night Wind.'
Typical of Pendleton's writing style, the stories are hardhitting, fast-moving, gritty, filled with authentic dialogue, and capture keen insight into the inner-workings of the characters.
www.pendleton-ebooks.com   (1297 words)

  
 Pendletons of Searsport Maine region, INCLUDING Eaton, Titcomb, Dearborn, Bennett, Homer....
His father, Peleg Pendleton, was born in Connecticut, whence he emigrated to this place in 1783, bringing his wife and ten children.
Pendleton married Nancy, daughter of John Gilmore, of Belfast, and had twelve children, the youngest of whom is now 41 years of age.
Daughter Emily Jane Pendleton was married to Orin Beach and living in Massachusetts by the time of the 1880 Census.
catorfamily.com /genealogy/pendletn.html   (1349 words)

  
 Two Famous Shipwrecks Off Cape Cod   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Sinkings of the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer
The blips were the two halves of the Pendleton — one was 5.7 miles away at 62 degrees true, the other at 5.6 miles away at 20 degrees true.
The sea was breaking over the bridge of the Pendleton, and covering the area between the bow and the bridge.
www.webandwire.com /PendletonandFortMercer.htm   (3992 words)

  
 Drew's Pendleton® Native American Blankets and Shawls
The Geronimo blanket is inspired by an original Pendleton Blanket worn by Geronimo in a photograph from the early 1900's.
As with all Pendleton blankets made through 1909, the blanket has rounded corners and an unnapped finish.
Pendleton honors this southeastern American Indian craft with the Silver Springs Blanket, an interpretation of a Seminole women's patchwork dress pattern, using the finest wool and modern dyeing techniques to re-create the brilliant colors and striking designs for which these Native Americans are famous.
drewsboots.com /pendle2.htm   (2946 words)

  
 East Oregonian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
PENDLETON — The body of a middle-aged man found next to the westbound on-ramp to Interstate 84 Sunday morning has been identified as Craig Allen Ericksen of Estacada.
PENDLETON — When David Messer walked around downtown on his lunch breaks, he began to notice numerous violations: a government car parked in a handicap zone, a bicyclist or skateboarder riding on a downtown sidewalk.
PENDLETON — Horizon Air has cut all fares between Pendleton, Portland and Seattle by as much as 34 percent, a move intended to improve regional ridership.
www.eastoregonian.info   (800 words)

  
 Pendleton, New York NY, town profile (Niagara County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Pendleton, NY Pendleton is a town in Niagara County, in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Pendleton was $23,651, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Pendleton, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $565.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=1402   (427 words)

  
 City of Pendleton, Oregon
Pendleton is rich in heritage and world famous for the original
Just as the travelers on the Old Oregon Trail paused and rested here before going on to the Willamette Valley and other points, we hope you will pause, rest and relax during your stay, as you will find the Pendleton area rich in the warmth and friendliness of the old west.
As we say in Pendleton, "Let 'er Buck!"
www.pendleton.or.us   (160 words)

  
 Pendleton Organization-Security, Guard, Officers, Watchman, Investigations, Detective, Investigator, Surveillance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
FORREST C. Founder of the Pendleton Organization, received his law degree from Georgetown University and was a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
Educated, trained and experienced in civilian, industrial and military security, Robert Pendleton is a retired Air National Guard Colonel.
Robert Pendleton served as Southeast Regional Chairman of Missing Persons Unlimited and Chairman of the Jackson Chapter of the American Society for Industrial Security (A.S.I.S.).
www.pendleton.cc /keypro.htm   (436 words)

  
 Town of Pendleton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
ounded in 1790 on land which just a few years earlier had been a part of the Cherokee Indian Nation, Pendleton now is one of the largest historic districts in the nation.
Now a modern-day community with fine homes, quaint shops, excellent restaurants and proud, friendly residents, the town is worth discovering-or rediscovering- as an excellent place to visit for awhile or stay for a lifetime.
picturesque village green is the centerpiece of Historic Pendleton.
www.townofpendleton.org   (131 words)

  
 Pendleton District, SC (OPD) - Part of the American Local History Network
Pendleton County was created in 1789 from Indian lands and was, at that time, a part of the old Ninety-Six District.
In 1826, Pendleton District was further divided into Anderson and Pickens Districts; the name "Pendleton" was discarded and never used again for a South Carolina district or county.
The Pendleton Messenger served this area from at least 1807 to 1851.
www.usgennet.org /usa/region/southeast/scpendleton   (386 words)

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