The Cashmere Valley Record from Cashmere, Washington • 12

iii i tf i ,11 '-J .1 wifiS -ST OSP1' 'ail A ttd oectif jiff (c rc ltv' CourtwyptwTi The County Road Department found the Ford auto truck Indispensable for the roadwork necessary in Chelan County. 1 the new highway and made up postcards to hand out, reading The First to Drive Tumwater Canyon and the date. By this time, the entire Stevens Pass route was open to through traffic, although not always enjoyable. According to a newspaper item, "Stevens Pass is paved to Gold Bar with the exception of Sultan Hill. From Gold Bar to Index the road is graveled, but somewhat chunky; Index to Scenic, good; Scenic to Tye (Wellington), a little rough with a 5-mile stretch of practically one-way road from Tye east, turn-outs being provided for passing.

From Berne to Merritt, roadbed good with a few narrow stretches; some construction near Nason Creek. Hill east of Plain Valley to Leavenworth and Dryden good gravel, somewhat dusty. Dryden to Wenatchee paved. Perhaps it should be noted here that a stretch of this original county road from the summit to Wellington is still drivable and worth seeing, though widened to two-lanes to accommodate later traffic during road construction. The "somewhat dusty condition of graveled sections was fine fall day.

In the afternoon, when it was his turn to address the crowd, LL Gov. John Gellatly of Wenatchee reminded his listeners of the years of patient effort expended before recognition and binding for the cross-Cascade highway came. Everyone who drove it, he commented, recognized the tremendous potential of the route but bringing it to pass did not "just happen. He predicted that the entire length, when paved, was to become known as one of the most scenic in the WesL He added, "The miracle of it all is that this portion was being run over by trains a month earlier! Hie crews of the state highway department have transformed it, so that cars are able to easily do the state speed limit of 40 miles per hour." As usual, the flamboyant A.C. Barclay had a hand in the celebration.

Not only was he on the committee that planned it, but he had managed to have his picture taken beside his auto on Along the The caravan of cars was long and winding, as it drew up in double formation outside of the last snowshed on Sunday, September 1, 1929. Led by highway patrolmen, more than 300 vehicles posed for a picture before dispersing, photographers recording the event. After assembling at Leavenworth for a gala day of picnicking and speech making, they navigated the winding course of the newly opened Tumwater Canyon addition to the Stevens Pass road. In order to attend the celebrations, those coming from west of the summit were met at Winton and escorted through the canyon to Icicle Valley, where small groups were picnicking In the city park, the smell of coffee drifting invitingly on the slight breeze. Flights over the mountains were offered to the daring from Emig field.

Newsmen mingled with the crowd, talking with them about the drive over the new route. An air of excitement permeated the of traffic in the area in 1933 and made recommendations. Some-1 one higher up must decide where the route was to run. i The town was the only one in the county without a state high-' way through it Traffic came' over a steel bridge upstream from the one used today and along Commercial The railroad, on abandoning the switchyard, had built a mile of good road, but it, too, released quantities Continued on PagTeI on Sunday or a holiday and it is a never-ending battle with dust from start to finish. We make some efiort to attract tourists and they can't see the scenery for the dust, businessmen complained.

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