In 1923, President Warren G. Harding and his wife, Florence, visited Oregon’s Blue Mountain Country to dedicate a portion of the Old Oregon Trail. At the ceremony, leaders of the Cayuse and Umatilla Nations presented Mrs. Harding with a newly designed blanket to reflect the First Lady’s sincerity and forthright nature. It remains one of the most sought-after patterns manufactured by Pendleton Woolen Mills today.

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