This is a letter that Clyde Tingley, as Superintendent of Maintenance for the Third District, wrote to Governor A. T. Hannett regarding creating a road between Albuquerque and Laguna, which has been identified as the Laguna Cut-off.
This is considered as the origin letter for the cut-off.
| Document Type: | Primary Document |
| Historical Event: | Major Transportation Facilities |
| Sub Event: | Route 66 |
| Origin: | NM Archives. New Mexico State Highway Commission Minutes |
| Date: | June 9, 1925 |
| Author: | Clyde Tingley |
| Permission: | Public Domain |
| Contributor: | Roger Zimmerman |
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