You can see the "Ice box" where the ice cream was stored after it was made. The Orientals weren't allowed to live above ground.Īfter leaving the cleaners we stop at the Empire Ice Cream Parlor. Thick concrete walls in this part of the tunnel system. The Deluxe bath tub, more what we would picture today. You can see one of the bath tubs on the right. The price would keep going down each time it was used until someone wanted a 10 cent bath again. Baths were 10 cents a bath, if you were willing to use once used bath water 1 cent would be taken off the price. Bath water was filled up in buckets then heated on the stove to provide a hot bath.
The water table here is very close to the floor level and the Orientals would dig hand dug wells. This was popular spot with the cowboys where they could get a much needed bath as well as their cloths cleaned. Here the tour guide is showing how patrons to the shamrock paid in gold dust and how the bar tender would cheat the patrons out of dust my spilling just a little each time he pinched some gold.Ĭonnected next to the Shamrock is the Oriental cleaners. According to the tour guide this oriental cleaners/bath house was a long running business and very popular. You can see two different original signs here, the Sharmrock card room and "Cleaners, Does the best work in town". The tour starts here, descending under the streets into the Shamrock card room. With 18 brothels there were lots of buildings with arches on the second story windows. Notice the arches on the second story windows, that was the sign that a brothel was operating in the building. Back in the Day Pendleton had 3000 residents, 32 Saloons and 18 Brothels. The tour starts here, located in the historic downtown district. There were also underground Saloons, Speak Easy's, Opium Dens, Pool Hauls, Bowling Alleys etc. The Tunnels and basements were originally dug by the Chinese, they were prohibited from living above ground in the early days of the city and lived/worked under the heart of down town. This weekend my Father, Son and I all decided to drive to Pendleton and take the tour, had a great time. For years I've been wanting to take a tour of the Pendleton Undergound, located in Pendleton OR.