This Week in Odessa History

In 1916, there were no cross-state highways in Washington.

The road through Odessa, known as the North Central Highway, extended from Davenport to Vantage Ferry, and the Sunset Highway went through from Spokane to Wenatchee.

That year, there was talk of forming a “good roads association,” to promote the development of a better transportation system.

The Record carried this article 95 years ago in its issue of October 6:

The Record advocated last week a Good Roads Association The plea was made simply on general principles and the realization that concerted action can accomplish more than indivi...