St Paul Rodeo - The small farm community of St. Paul, Oregon with a population under 400, is located in the heart of the Willamette Valley, 20 miles from Salem, the State Capital, and 30 miles southwest of Portland. The area for 20 square miles around St. Paul is some of the most fertile irrigated farm land in the country. It was in this setting in 1935 that eight local farmers and businessmen conceived the idea for the St. Paul Rodeo. The City Park, a baseball diamond surrounded by scotch broom and littered with tin cans, was cleaned up and a pole fence built around a short quarter mile track. Four bucking chutes and a roping chute were added, and the locals went looking for stock for a rodeo to be held July 4, 1936. From then to now - The St. Paul Rodeo is a non-profit corporation with its main goal to produce the finest world class rodeo in the country. The Board of Directors is composed of nine strong minds elected from the membership, and it leads a troupe of 320 members who volunteer their time, effort, and expertise to produce one of the 20 largest rodeos in North America.