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Article: Blankets that warmed and won the West.
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- Sunset
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- November 1, 1995
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People have wrapped up with Pendletons for nearly a century. Here's a guide to buying and collecting them
On Western reservations, they nestle newborns, shroud the dead, and drape the shoulders of dancers. In homes from Malibu to Missoula, they cover couches and adorn living room walls. Even when faded and worn, they can still keep knees warm at football games or soften a faithful dog's nap.
Pendleton blankets have been warming Westerners since 1896, when the newly incorporated Pendleton Woolen Mill began production in its namesake town in northeastern Oregon. In 1909, brothers C. M. and R. T. Bishop - grandsons of pioneer textile entrepreneur Thomas Kay - ...