A report on the Minnesota Department of Highways's activities for 1927 and 1928, including a narrative of activities, legislative recommendations, reports on disbursements, tables showing county and state bond liabilities, interest and principal paid on said bonds, distribution of expenditures federal aid, and trunk highway construction, use, maintenance and traffic.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
A report on the Minnesota Department of Highways's activities for 1925 and 1926, including a narrative of activities, reports on disbursements, tables showing county and state bond liabilities, interest and principal paid on said bonds, distribution of expenditures federal aid, and trunk highway construction, use, maintenance and traffic.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
A report on the Minnesota Department of Highways's activities for 1923 and 1924, including a narrative of activities organized by department, disbursement and accomplishment statistics for 1923 and 1924, county engineers' reports of road improvements and expenditures, and legislative recommendations, with fold out tables and a state highway map.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
A group photo of 107 Minnesota Highway Department staff, taken in 1922 in front of the building located at 1246 University Avenue. Individuals are numbered from left to right, top to bottom, and names are given on an attached sheet below. They are: Joe Chapman; Cedarburg; Walter Pilcher; Alex Fraser; A. McNamara; Mike Hoffman; McNulty; P. McCauley; R. J. Wolfangle; George Scales; J. S. McMillan; E. E. Carley; J. C. Robers; Harold Swanson; H. S. Skarnes; K. Mason; Al Kirk; A. Gardner; L. W. Dawson; Bill Nye; H. M. I. Larsen; R. Blase; Milton Haley; Hugh Gage; I. Lunos; Bob Cosgrove; Robert Ainsworth; John Colt; Chas. Cassin; Louis Arnold; George Crowl; C. Draves; E. O. Ilstrup; T. Lyden; Magnuson; A. E. Berglund; Ed Ek; Eddie Mills; P. Trimmer; Fuller; Ken Johnston; Russ Stumar; Al Bordenaye; Red Monaugh; Cy Murphy; Al Phoenix; Austin Kilgore; Jimmy Kane; M. O. Giertson; Bannister; Al Larkin; Bertha Dearborn; Anderson; Faner Wonderly; Rudy Hoffman; Elsie Loy; Steve Kelly; Cass Lawler;
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
May-1-1922. Note of explanation on the map: Minnesota trunk highways, making a 7,000-mile primary road system, are now officially marked with numbers on yellow stars-significant of the North Star State. Reference to this map will guide the user of the system. Grading, gravel-surfacing and paving completed and under contract May 1, 1922 are indicated by the conventions. This should be considered with weather conditions in planning trips. The state trunk highway system has been improved with 228 miles of paving, 1926 miles of gravel surfacing and 2314 miles of permanent grading.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Official highway trail registration form 116, recording and approving the highway trail that started from "State line South of Caledonia along Mississippi River, and thence via St. Paul, St. Cloud, Little Falls to Brainerd, thence East to Duluth and Grand Marais, North to Bemidji and International Falls and also West to Red Lake Falls and Hallock" and known as Mississippi River Scenic Highway. Application was submitted by the Mississippi River Scenic Highway Association on the 28th day of June 1920 and approved on the 13th day of September 1920. Form features an image of a rectangle with the upper and bottom in blue and in the center a blue line going down, with the rest of the rectangle in white. It is signed by Commissioner of Highways Charles M. Babcock.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains charts showing construction on state roads, construction of town and county roads, maintenance expenditures on state roads, maintenance force, accidents reported on state roads, abstract of traffic observations on state roads, status of improvement of state roads, statement of allotment of state aid road funds, statement of county road and bridge funds, Minnesota Highway Department financial statement. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [42 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains charts showing state construction on trunk highways, construction by the counties on state trunk highways, distribution of 1921 trunk highway maintenance expenditures, analysis of expenditures on trunk highway maintenance work ending 1921, status of trunk highway mileage by counties, analysis of trunk highway mileage, 1921 traffic census observation on trunk highways average number of vehicles per day, performance and cost of operation of state owned gravel truck fleets, departments expenditures, allotment of state air road funds, construction on state roads, state and road and trunk highway construction upon which federal aid is applied, maintenance expenditures on state aid roads, abstract of annual reports on state aid road expenditures, status of improvement of state aid roads, a colored photo of State Highway no. 7. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [64 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains a statistical report of the expenditures of the State Highway Department for the year 1923 with charts showing federal aid appropriations to Minnesota, construction on trunk highways by the state, distribution of trunk highway maintenance expenditures, analysis of trunk highway mileage, status of trunk highway mileage by counties, 1923 accomplishment report on trunk highway maintenance, analysis of maintenance expenditures by class and item, analysis of maintenance expenditures by commodity, traffic observations on trunk highways, summary of laboratory tests on materials, statement of expenditures, construction on state aid roads, the status report of federal aid payments on federal aid projects, maintenance expenditures on state aid roads, condition of state aid roads, abstract of annual reports on trunk highway expenditures, abstract of annual reports on state aid road expenditures. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [82 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains a report of the expenditures and achievements of the State Highway Department for the year 1922, road construction and maintenance, bridge construction and maintenance, road equipment, surplus war material, snow removal, trunk highway marking, traffic census, tests and inspection, highway offices and buildings, accounts, federal aid appropriations, construction on trunk highways by the counties, distribution of trunk highway maintenance expenditures, analysis of maintenance expenditures by commodity, analysis of maintenance expenditures by class and item, status of trunk highway mileage by counties, analysis of trunk highway mileage, traffic census observations on trunk highways-average number of vehicles per day, summary of laboratory tests on materials, Minnesota Highway Department financial statement, construction on state roads, state aid road and trunk highway construction upon which federal aid is applied, maintenance expenditures on state aid roads, abstract of annual reports on trunk highway and state aid road expenditures, condition of state aid roads, photos of roads and bridges, of Minnesota Highway Department-Central Office, main floor, drafting room, garage, machine shop, stock room, of Engineers' Convention Auditorium. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [117 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains a report of activities of the State Highway Department during the calendar year of 1920, road construction and maintenance, excess war material, charts showing status of federal aid funds by states for period ending Dec. 31st 1920, construction on state roads, state road construction upon which federal aid is applied, motor vehicles on hand, motor vehicles delivered to counties, miscellaneous excess war material, etc. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [44 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Scrapbook containing mainly winter scenes of Minnesota Department of Highways workers and equipment in various parts of the state. Photos range from 1918-1932, with the bulk concentrated in the 1920s.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Official highway trail registration form 116, recording and approving the highway trail that started from "Elk River and thence via Sherburne, Mille Lacs, Crow Wing and Cass Counties and terminating at Bena, there connecting with T.H.# 8" and known as Big 4 Lakes Trail. Application was submitted by the Big 4 Lakes Trail Association on the 28th day of April 1924 and approved on the 6th day of May 1924. Form features an image of a trail marker that is a square with black on the sides, white in the middle and BIG 4 LAKES written in black down the square. It is signed by Commissioner of Highways Charles M. Babcock.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Official highway trail registration form 116, recording and approving the highway trail that started from "Preston Minnesota, and thence via South thru Granger, SGR #10 Fillmore County and terminating at Cahman Iowa" and known as Dvorak Highway. Application was submitted by the Dvorak Highway Association on the 21st day of November 1928 and approved on the 26th day of November 1928. Form features an image of a white square with a black circle in it and a D within that and also a H within the D. It is signed by Commissioner of Highways Charles M. Babcock.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Official highway trail registration form 116, recording and approving the highway trail that started from "One mile west of Norwood where T.H. #25 intersects T.H. #12 thence So. and W. along T.H. #25 thence T.H. #1 thence West on No 14 to Redwood Falls" and known as Indian Trail. Application was submitted by the Indian Trail Association on the 15th day of August 1922 and approved on the 20th day of September 1922. Form features an image of a trail marker that has a club with a brown handle and a red top attached to the handle. It is signed by Commissioner of Highways Charles M. Babcock.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Official highway trail registration form 116, recording and approving the highway trail that started from "Robbinsdale, Hennepin County, and thence via Buffalo, Annandale, Paynesville, Glenwood, Elbow Lake and terminating at West of Tenney, Wilkin County" and known as Lake Region Highway. Application was submitted by the Lake Region Highway Association on the 6th day of August 1923 and approved on the 15th day of August 1923. Form features an image of a trail marker that is a circle with an orange outer ring, black on the inside with a white triangle in the center. It is signed by Commissioner of Highways Charles M. Babcock.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Official highway trail registration form 116, recording and approving the highway trail that started from "Lester River, St. Louis County, and thence via Lake and Cook Counties along T.H. # 1 and terminating at Port Arthur, Canada" and known as Lake Superior Highway. Application was submitted by the Lake Superior International Highway Association on the 15th day of March 1926 and approved on the 17th day of March 1917. Form features an image of a trail marker that is an arrowhead in green with the words LAKE SUPERIOR INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY written in black. It is signed by Commissioner of Highways Charles M. Babcock.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library