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Proclamation 546—Establishment of the Wallowa Forest Reserve, Oregon

May 06, 1905


By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Whereas, it is provided by 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", "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, the public lands in the State of Oregon, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation;

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Oregon, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the north-west corner of Township one (1) South, Range forty-one (41) East, Willamette Meridian, Oregon; thence easterly along the Base Line to the north-east corner of Section six (6), Township one (1) South, Range forty-two (42) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section nine (9) said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence easterly along the section lines, allowing for the proper offset on the range line, to the north-east corner of Section nineteen (19), Township one (1) South, Range forty-three (43) East; thence southerly to the northwest corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section fifteen (15), Township two (2) South, Range forty-three (43) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township two (2) South, Range forty-four (44) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty (20), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section three (3), Township three (3) South, Range forty-four (44) East; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section eighteen (18), Township three (3) South, Range forty-five (45) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter 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 north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty (30), Township three (3) South, Range forty-six (46) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-two (22), Township three (3) South, Range forty-seven (47) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), Township three (3) South, Range Forty-eight (48) East; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence westerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section four (4), Township four (4) South, Range forty-eight (48) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-one (31), said township; thence easterly to the southwest corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter Of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township three (3), South, Range forty-eight (48) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence easterly to the northeast corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township three (3) South, Range forty-nine (49) East; thence easterly to the middle of the channel of Snake River; thence in a general south-westerly direction along the middle of the channel of said river to its intersection with the section line between Sections nineteen (19) and thirty (30), Township five (5) South, Range forty-nine (49) East; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-six (26), Township five (5) South, Range forty-eight (48) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly along the First (1st) Standard Parallel South to the north-east corner of Section five (5), Township six (6) South, Range forty-eight (48) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township seven (7) South, Range forty-seven (47) East; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the southeast quarter of Section fifteen (15), Township seven (7) South, Range forty-six (46) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township seven (7) South, Range forty-five (45) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section seven (7), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said township; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Township six (6) South; Range forty-three (43) East; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty (30), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township six (6) South, Range forty-two (42) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section seven (7), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section six (6), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the First (1st) Standard Parallel South, to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty (30), Township five (5) South, Range forty-two (42) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence westerly along the section lines, allowing for the proper offset on the range line, to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section fourteen (14), Township five (5) South, Range forty-one (41) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section three (3), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-seven (27), Township four (4) South, Range forty-one (41) East; thence westerly to the southwest corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-two (32), Township three (3) South, Range forty-one (41) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty (30), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township three (3) South, Range forty (40) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the northwest quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section two (2), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section thirty-five (35), Township two (2) South, Range forty (40) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the northwest quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Township one (1) South, Range forty-one (41) East, the place of beginning; such of the above-named corners as have not been established by the official survey being intended to be located at the points where such corners would fall in projecting the surveys in the directions indicated without allowing for any irregularities which may occur in actually extending the surveys;

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired: Provided , that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant 'continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing or settlement was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation.

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Wallowa Forest Reserve.

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 6th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth.

Signature of Theodore Roosevelt

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

By the President:

FRANCIS B. LOOMIS,

Acting Secretary of State.

Theodore Roosevelt, Proclamation 546—Establishment of the Wallowa Forest Reserve, Oregon Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207289

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