20 Form 116. STATE OF MINNEOSTA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT I, Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways, after investigation of the application made by >Southern Minnesota Air Line Assn [Association]< on the >27th< day of >January< 191 >9<, 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 >State trunk Highway #9 as laid out in< and thence via >Senate File #78 excepting that portion between< and terminating at Hokah and Preston, between which points the< to be known as >Line shall follow state trunk Highway #44< With the following color combination and design hereby authorized to be used in marking said highway trail: >and #20, starting at La Crosse, Wisc entering Minnesota at La Crescent, thence westerly thru Hokah Caledonia Spring Grove Mabel Harmony Preston fountain Austin Etc. and to be known as Southern Minnesota Air Line< In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal, at St. Paul, Minnesota, this >20th< day of >October< 191 >9< Certificate >Order< No. >604< Recorded >Oct [October] 20 – 19< >C M Babcock< Commissioner of Highways.
