Deep Creek

Deep Creek began in the late 1870's when a few settlers made homes there. The first store in Deep Creek opened in 1880 by John Nicholls and Colonel Peyton. The first post office was also established. In 1883 William Herman established a shop. The town was situated along the route of the first wagon road across Lincoln County. When silver was discovered in the Okanogan, every prospector from Spokane eastward had to come through Deep Creek. The town served as a resting place for the miners and aldo travelers taking the stages to Waterville.

In 1887, W. S. Norman, was a well-known telephone expert. He purchased the telegraph line between Fort Spokane and the “Falls,” from the United States government and transformed it into a telephone line. The company was called "the Spokane, Big Bend & Fort Spokane Telephone Company and Deep Creek was one of the towns along the line that had an office.

In the late 1880's the Central Washington Railroad passed through Deep Creek on it's way to Coulee City. The turn of the century and the era of the automobile brought State Highway No. 7 through Deep Creek in 1908 and in 1915 became the Sunset Highway. Today there is just a small village of residential homes where the once the dusty passengers of the stage coaches stopped to stretch their legs.