Proclamation 528—Modification of the Boundaries of the White River Forest Reserve, Colorado

Whereas, The White River Forest Reserve, in the State of Colorado, was established by proclamation dated October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, under and by virtue of section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes", which provides, "That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof";

And Whereas, it is further provided by the Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes", that "the President is hereby authorized at any time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may reduce the area or change the boundary line of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve"; under which provision, the boundary lines of the said forest reserve were modified by proclamation dated June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two;

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, do hereby make known and proclaim that the boundary lines of the aforesaid White River Forest Reserve are hereby further modified so as to read as follows:

Beginning at the north-west corner of Section nine (9), Township four (4) North, Range ninety (90) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Colorado; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section fourteen (14), Township three (3) North, Range ninety (90) West; thence westerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-three (23), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said quarter-section; thence westerly to the southwest corner of said quarter-section; thence southerly to the northwest corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said quarter-section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the south-east ,quarter of Section thirty (30), Township three (3) North, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the northeast quarter of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence northerly to the south-west corner of Section six (6), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township four (4) North, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section six (6), Township three (3) North, Range eighty-eight (88) West; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-three (33), Township three (3) North, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said quarter-section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the northwest quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the southeast quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said quarter-section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty (30), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township three (3) North, Range eighty-eight (88) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section ten (10), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township four (4) North, Range eighty-eight (88) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the southeast quarter of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-two (32), Township four (4) North, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section lines to the point for the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), Township four (4) North, Range eighty-six (86) West; thence southerly to the point for the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence easterly to the southwest corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the northwest corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence southerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the Base Line, to the south-east corner of Township two (2) South, Range eighty-six (86) West; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section four (4), Township three (3) South, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence southerly along the section lines to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township four (4) South, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township four (4) South, Range ninety-one (91) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township three (3) South, Range ninety-three (93) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Township two (2) South, Range ninety-three (93) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section three (3), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), Township two (2) South, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township one (1) South, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty (30), Township one (1) South, Range ninety-one (91) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the southwest quarter of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section two (2), Township two (2) South, Range ninety-one (91) West; thence southerly to the southeast corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twelve (12), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section eighteen (18), Township two (2) South, Range ninety (90) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section six (6), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township one (1) South, Range ninety (90) West; thence northerly to the southeast corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township one (1) South, Range ninety-one (91) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the southeast corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said township; thence easterly along the Base Line to the south-west corner of Township one (1) North, Range ninety (90) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-one (31), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township one (1) North, Range ninety-one (91) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence westerly along the Base Line to the south-west corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence westerly to the south-west comer of Section twelve (12), Township one (1) North, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), Township two (2) North, Range ninety-two (92) West; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township three (3) North, Range ninety-one (91) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Township three (3) North, Range ninety (90) West; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-two (32), Township four (4) North, Range ninety (90) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section nine (9), said township, the place of beginning.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the reserved lands within the above-described boundaries.

The lands hereby excluded from the reserve and restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from the date hereof, but shall not be subject to entry, filing or selection until after ninety days' notice by such publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this 21st day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-eighth.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

By the President:

FRANCIS B. LOOMIS,

Acting Secretary of State.