Welcome to the Prineville Ridge Riders!

In 1946, Arlie Troupe and a group of people interested in horses got together to form a saddle club.  Mr Troupe was elected president and Opal Winkle was elected the first secretary/treasurer.  Through a contest won by member Charlie Peters, they chose the name "Prineville Ridge Riders".  The second president was Ernie Moore and the second secretary was Mrs Ernie Moore (Lyrle).

The first uniforms were gray shirts, black hats, levi's and black riding pants for the ladies.  A brighter shirt was soon selected and the gay yellow was chosen.  That being a time when material was hard to get.  Yellow parachutes were used.  The yellow satin was used, but each new lot of shirts were different shades, so in 1958 the color was changed to white shirts with yellow emblem that had a black horses head.  They wore blue jeans and light colored western hats.

The flag was a beautiful spotted horse on a yellow background with a black border.  In 1987, the club made themsevles new uniforms of yellow vests with a black horse head in the back and yellow serapes with black fringe, for the horses, with the club name and a black horse head.

 In 1967 the charter members that still belonged were:  Ernie & Lyrle Moore, Charlie & Nina Peters, Pat Tangney and Harold Frazer.  In 1995, Lyrle Moore was our only charter member left.  She retired in 1990 after 27 years of being the treasurer.

In 1992, the club voted to make Cole and Charlotte Still honorary lifetime members for their many years of assistance and service to the club.  In recent years it was decided that Cole should be our president until such time as he resigns.

In December of 2012, Charlotte Still passed and not long after in January of 2013, Cole followed.  Cole was president until the day that he died and resided over each and every meeting.

These days, though some things have changed, we still continue on with the same values and goals. Our club colors have been updated to teal with chocolate brown and black. The club uniforms are white shirts, with black vests and jeans. We mostly focus on events that welcome the whole family, and hope to keep doing so long into the future. . . ... . . . . 

The land and residence, that is now the Prineville Ridge Riders Clubhouse, was owned by Emmett Rowland.  In 1938, Mr Rowland built what is known now as the Slab House where he and his wife served chicken dinners, charging a dollar per person.  Later prices raised, business dropped, so the owners decided to turn the building into a more profitable business.  Some call it the Cat House, some a Fancy House, but the one who gave me the real history called it the Riding Academy.  Men used to stop at the Goodnight Ranch and ask if Sally, Liz, or Myrtle or some other such name was there and they would tell them to go on down the road.  Mr. Goodnight met one man going into town and was asked it if was Saturday.  Mr Goodnight told him no, it was Tuesday.  With a few slang words he replied, "Have I been down there that long?"

About 20 years later the property was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Purkins and the Slab House was opened for dances.  Many a black eye and bloody nose was the result, but good time was had by all.

The Prineville Ridge Rider Club have purchased this historic building and are responsible for this wonderful breakfast.

Mr Goodnight, who gave me this valuable history, said, "Goldie, you tell those Rotanna's there has been everything at the Slab House except Church Services."

This speech was given by Goldie Strover at the Rotanna's Breakfast July 21, 1962.

For more information about the Prineville Ridge Riders, please contact:

Carmin Shelton (541) 905-9474