4 Form 116. STATE OF MINNEOSTA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT I, Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways, after investigation of the application made by >Minnesota Scenic Highway Association< on the >24th< day of >July< 191 >7<, do find that the application is meritorious and the Highway Trail therein described is worth of registration and protection under the provisions of Chapter 318, Laws of 1917. Therefore; it is ordered that the said Highway Trail be registered in the office of the Highway Department, as starting from >St. Paul, Minn.< and thence via >Waking Loop in Northwestern part of [the] State< and terminating at >Elk River, Minnesota< to be known as >Minnesota Scenic Highway< With the following color combination and design hereby authorized to be used in marking said highway trail: >Cities and Villages on Minnesota Scenic Highway St. Paul Minneapolis Elk river St. Cloud Sauk Center Alexandria Henning Perham Detroit Moorhead Crookston Warren Donaldson Roseau Warroad International Falls Northom Blackduck Cass Lake Walker Pine river Brainerd Onamia and Princeton.< (seal) In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal, at St. Paul, Minnesota, this >10th< day of >September< 191 >7< Certificate >Order< No. >137 -< Recorded >Sept [September] 15 – 1917< >Application # 6 –< >Chas. [Charles] M. Babcock< Commissioner of Highways.
