Registered Minnesota Auto Trails, 1917-1931

These pages contain images of forms filed with the Minnesota Highway Commission and Minnesota Highway Department between the years of 1917 and 1931. The forms were submitted to register the names, symbols and general location of auto trails. The trails were established to direct motorists along the best routes to popular destinations. The need for officially registered routes grew out of a tendency by some communities and businesses to create signed routes allegedly to a popular destination, but in fact, leading the motorist through a certain town or past a commercial establishment.

Additional information on auto trails and links to information about trails outside Minnesota can be found at a website maintained by Dave Schul, "North American Auto Trails" (http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/fac/schul/trails/trails.html).

• Big 4 Lakes Trail
• Black and Yellow Trail
• Black Diamond Trail
• The Burlington Way
• Colvill Memorial Highway
• Cooley Highway
• East and West Highway
• Glacier Trail
• Dvorak Highway
• The Hammond Highway
• Indian Trail
• Jefferson Highway
• King of Trails
• Lake Region Highway
• Lake Superior Highway
• Little Crow Trail
• Minnesota Scenic Highway
• Mississippi River Scenic Highway
• Mississippi Valley Highway
• National Parks Highway
• The Nelson Trail
• North Star Trail
• Pershing Way
• Red Ball Route
• Red Cross Trail
• Red Star Trail
• Sherman Highway
• Sioux Historic Trail
• Southern Division of Burlington Way
• Southern Minnesota Air Line
• Theodore Roosevelt International Highway
• Wilson Highway
• Woodrow Wilson Way
• Yankee Doodle Highway
• Yellow Stone Trail

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