Vale has hosted an annual 4th of July Rodeo for more than 100 years.

This mural was painted in 2013 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the iconic annual 4th of July rodeo which began in 1914. The post card depicted is from Benny Maag to his sister Helen French, who was serving in North Africa during WWII.

Vale residents keep the legacy alive during Oregon Trail Days with an annual 4th of July parade and a four-day rodeo featuring bull riding, barrel racing, team roping, saddle bronc riding, wild cow milking, mutton busting, big scrambles as well as a suicide race. The Suicide Race begins on one of the Rhinehart Buttes with a 5-foot vertical drop, followed by a dead run into soft soil and sagebrush at a steep sideward angle. Riders then make a straight descent to the paved road below, plunge into and cross the Malheur River, and finish by climbing the riverbank into the Vale Rodeo Arena. Horses are checked by a veterinarian and racers are required to pass a sobriety test before beginning the race. The Vale Rodeo is co-sanctioned by the Northwest Pro Rodeo Association and the Idaho Cowboys Association.

Address: A Street and Main (Sagebrush Cafe)

Artist: Ruth Boyle (painted in 2013)