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Staley's Junction is the name applied to the road intersection of the Sunset Highway (US Highway 26) and Highway 47 west of Manning. It is so named because Charles Staley built a gas Station there in honor of the new highway to the coast in 1948.
Highway 26 was first called the Wolf Creek Highway and was built during runup to World War II as a military access road for defense of the coast. It was later renamed the Sunset Highway in honor of the 41st Division of the Oregon National Guard which is known as the Sunset Division.
The Sunset Highway is a popular recreational highway providing Portland with access to the "the beach', and many thing the Sunset name has to do with the sun that shines in your eyes while driving this road that runs in a west by northwest direction.