CULTURE & HERITAGE
CELEBRATING THE HISTORY
OF EASTERN OREGON
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SEPTEMBER 29�OCTOBER 6, 2021
The Underground
comes to life
Live actors reenact
scenes for the Pendleton
Underground Tours
event Oct. 9
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
P
ENDLETON — Ever wish you
could step back in time?
You’ll have a chance to do
just that on Saturday, Oct. 9,
when the Pendleton Under-
ground comes to life with a cast
of 75 actors.
“It is so much fun,” said
Brooke Armstrong, the Under-
ground’s executive director.
Tickets are limited to fewer
than 300, and cost $50 per
person. This event is for ages 21
and older. This is a fundraiser for
the nonprofi t Pendleton Under-
ground Tours.
The tours start at 9:30 a.m.,
and the last one is at 3 p.m.
Tickets must be purchased
in advance and are sold for a
specifi c time. Tours take off
every 15 minutes and last about
two hours. Groups are limited to
16 people.
Actors are stationed in each
room and are frozen as the tour
enters. Then everyone comes to
life to act out a scene that could
have happened 100 years ago.
“They reenact what it was
like back then,” Armstrong said.
“Each room does its own skit.”
The tours follow the rooms
beneath downtown Pendleton,
then head up to the brothels.
New this year, the Shamrock
Card Room & Saloon will open
at 5 p.m., after the tours, for
the public “to have drinks and
interact with the actors,” Arm-
strong said.
To reserve a ticket, call 541-
276-0730.
The next “Comes to Life”
event is set for May 2022. For up-
dates, check the Underground’s
Facebook page.
ABOUT THE
UNDERGROUND
The tunnels below Pendleton
were originally built to move sup-
plies for downtown merchants.
The tunnel system covers more
than 12 city blocks, centered
around Main Street and extend-
ing to the railroad depot.
The tunnels served several
uses over the years — some
illegal, such as opium dens and,
during Prohibition, a speakeasy.
The rooms also housed a bowling
alley, billiard hall, ice cream fac-
tory and butcher shop.
The tunnels also provided pri-
vate access to the aboveground
Cozy Rooms bordello.
East Oregonian, File
Actors point guns at each other in the Shamrock Card Room while simulating a standoff over a poker game during the
Pendleton Underground Comes to Life on May 20, 2017, in Pendleton. The next live event is on Oct. 9.
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settings during the past year.
• Rates of elder abuse are high in institutions, such as nursing homes and long-term care
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