Proclamation 560—Establishment of the Henrys Lake Forest Reserve, Idaho

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 Idaho, 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 Idaho and particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the point where the State Line between the States of Idaho and Montana intersects the western boundary of the Yellowstone National Park; thence southerly and easterly along the boundary of said Park to the point of intersection with the State Line between the States of Idaho and Wyoming; thence southerly along said State Line to the south-east corner of Township seven (7) North, Range forty-six (46) East, Boise Base and Meridian, Idaho; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township seven (7) North, Range forty-five (45) East; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township eight (8) North, Range forty-five (45) East; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section eight (8), 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 south-east quarter of Section five (5), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly, allowing for the proper offset on the Second (2nd) Standard Parallel North, to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township nine (9) North, Range forty-four (44) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section ten (10), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section one (1), Township nine (9) North, Range forty-three (43) East; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section ten (10), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Township ten (10) North, Range forty-two (42) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Township eleven (11) North, Range forty-one (41) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-two (22), 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 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 one (1), Township eleven (11) North, Range forty (40) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section two (2), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), Township twelve (12) North, Range forty (40) East; thence easterly along the Third (3rd) Standard Parallel North to the north-west corner of Section two (2), Township twelve (12) North, Range forty-one (41) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section twelve (12) said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of the northeast quarter of Section eight (8), Township twelve (12) North, Range forty-two (42) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section five (5), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township thirteen (13) North, Range forty-two (42) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence northerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section twelve (12), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section one (1), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Township thirteen (13) North, Range forty-one (41) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section one (1), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Section four (4), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section ten (10), Township thirteen (13) North, Range forty (40) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section twelve (12), Township thirteen (13) North, Range thirty-nine (39) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence southerly to the northeast corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township thirteen (13) North, Range thirty-eight (38) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the southeast corner of said section; thence southerly, allowing for the proper offset on the Third (3rd) Standard Parallel North, to the north-east corner of Section ten (10), Township twelve (12) North, Range thirty-eight (38) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township twelve (12) North, Range thirty-seven (37) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirteen (13) Township twelve (12) North, Range thirty-six (36) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township twelve (12) North, Range thirty-five (35) East; thence northerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the Third (3rd) Standard Parallel North, to the State Line between the States of Idaho and Montana; thence in a general easterly direction along said State Line to the point of intersection with the western boundary of the Yellowstone National Park, the place of beginning; excepting and excluding from reservation all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate within the boundaries particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the north-west corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township sixteen (16) North, Range forty-three (43) East, Boise Base and Meridian, Idaho; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township fifteen (15) North, Range forty-three (43) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section five (5), Township fourteen (14) North, Range forty-four (44) East; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the southeast corner of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner 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 thirteen (13), Township fourteen (14) North, Range forty-three (43) East; 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 eleven (11), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-seven (27) Township fifteen (15) North, Range forty-three (43) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township sixteen (16) North, Range forty-three (43) East, the place of beginning;

Such of the above-named corners as have not been established by the official surveys 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 Henrys Lake 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 23d 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.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

By the President:

FRANCIS B. LOOMIS,

Acting Secretary of State.