George Fletcher

Historical marker location:

230 South Main Street, Pendleton, Oregon

( Marker is on South Main Street near Southeast Dorion Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

2nd Place World Bronc Riding Champion 1911. October 3, 1890 - October 1, 1973.

The Tillamook Burn was a series of devastating wildfires that occurred in the Oregon Coast Range between 1933 and 1951. The fires burned over 355,000 acres of forest and led to the formation of the Tillamook State Forest.