Based on the number of pot shops vs. population (per capita) Pendleton is the most heavily saturated community in SE WA and NE Oregon. Citizens are questioning the growth
People in the area may or may not know that one of the oldest theaters in Oregon is in Pendleton. In its heyday, the Rivoli was Pendleton's longest-running theater, open from 1921 until approximately 1987.
For nearly 40 years, The Cozy Rooms was the most popular brothel in Pendleton. Opened in 1928 by 26-year-old Stella Darby, her brothel is immortalized in Pendleton history, with Darby herself receiving a statue in her honor outside of the location where she used to run her brothel...