12 Form 116. STATE OF MINNEOSTA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT I, Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways, after investigation of the application made by >Cooley Highway Association< on the >16th< day of >October< 191 >8<, 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 >Grand Rapids, Minnesota< and thence via >Cohasset Brainerd, Little Falls Alexandria etc.< and terminating at >Sisseton, South Dakota< to be known as >“Cooley Highwayâ€< With the following color combination and design hereby authorized to be used in marking said highway trail: In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal, at St. Paul, Minnesota, this >9th< day of >December< 191 >8< Certificate >Order< No. >375< Recorded >Dec [December] 9, 1918< >Application # 14< >C M Babcock< Commissioner of Highways.