Description of the Route

The Highway heads through Wilbur and back onto US 2. Here is a photo of an old gas station which is now a winery in Wilbur. After Wilbur the route continued straight onto Lartzen Rd. The old route stayed due east on this dirt road into Creston.

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Golf Course Road

The 1908 and the 1915 Sunset Highway entered town on Wilber Airport Rd. E. The highway continued due east to Donna Rd. N. and then to W. Front Ave. before entering town on SW West St.

In 1918, the highway was improved and a new alignment was built around the railroad and Goose Creek. This new highway connected to Golf Course Road, which used to be NW Main Ave. In 1933 the new highway smoothed out the road and bypassed this section and Golf course Road was disconnected from NW Main Ave.

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East of Creston

The original 1915 Sunset Highway leaving eastbound from Creston follows Chip Dump Road. Just before it meets U.S. 2, the old highway veers to the right of the new highway and continued on the old alignment toward Davenport. This section of the old highway is still intact and you are able to drive on much of it. The highway is abandoned so it isn't in the best of shape.

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Fellows Station - Telford

Telford was a small community a north of Davenport in central Lincoln County, was named for M. A. Telford, a rancher. A post office was established on July 4, 1909. This railroad station has been known both as Telford and Fellows. G. S. Fellow, of the Northern Pacific Railroad was an agent at Chelan and the station was called Fellows from 1890 to September 1916.

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Fictenberg Rd

During the 1918 improvement of the Sunset Highway, a new section was built from Telford to Davenport. This bypassed the old state road along Cottonwood Creek. In 1933, the highway was improved again and is the highway we drive on today. Southeast of Telford this new construction smoothed out a curve that had followed the curve of the railroad to the section line before turning eastward. The section of old highway that was bypassed is now called Fictenburg Road.

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Cottonwood Creek Road Abandoned Bridge

The 1908 State Highway No. 7 heading west out of Davenport, ran northwest on what is now Wheatland Road N. and then crossed Gunning Rd. west to the creek. In 1911, Creek Rd. had passed Wheatland Rd as the west entrance to Davenport. By 1918, this entire section was bypassed by the new highway unto Davenport.