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Top 10 True Western Towns of 2011

by | Jan 8, 2011 | Travel & Preservation

TOP TRUE WESTERN TOWN OF THE YEAR: PENDLETON, OR William McKay was a towering figure in the Pacific Northwest. The Oregon native, born in 1824, serviced his state as an explorer, Indian fighter, miner, shop clerk, farmer and a physician. One of his greatest achievements: establishing a trading post on a creek along the Oregon Trail in what is now the northeast section of the state. The place came to be called Pendleton. Over the years, it has become a place of such varied accomplishments that th


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