WESTWARD HO! PARADE BY ANN TERRY HILL


 Six-horse team pulls a wagon train in the 2007 Westward Ho! Parade. E0 Archive.


The parade is like history in motion, paying tribute to tribal ancestors and early pioneers alike.No vehicle can be motorized or feature pneumatic tires. —East Oregonian, September 2007


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ostalgia and tradition combine to make


Westward Ho! one of the most memorable parades in the West. Since Round-Up’s beginning in 1910, parade-goers have come from across the country to enjoy the spectacle, a resurrection of historic, non- motored conveyances. No motorized vehicles are allowed. Everything that moves is powered by four- legged critters and humans. Horses, oxen, mule teams, buffalo, and donkeys make the trek through town on an annual basis, outfitted as they were in the 1800s. People in the parade represent miners, mountain men, pioneers on the Oregon Trail. They include cowboys and cowgirls and Indians, royal


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 Chief Gary Burke of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation parades in the 2007 Westward Ho! EO Archive. 211


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