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Executive Order 3464—Uintah Indian Reservation, Utah

May 17, 1921

It is hereby ordered that all the lands hereinafter described and comprising the military reservation of Fort Duchesne, Utah, as described in Executive order No. 1579, dated August 19, 1912, originally reserved for military purposes by Executive order dated September 1, 1887 (G.O. No. 59, A.G.O., September 3, 1887), from lands within the limits of the Uintah Indian Reservation (created by Executive order dated October 3, 1861, and act of Congress approved May 5, 1864), being no longer needed for military purposes, are hereby placed under the full jurisdiction and control of the Department of the Interior, viz:

The southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 23, containing 40 acres; the south half of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 23, containing 20 acres; the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 23, containing 10 acres; the west half of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 23, containing 20 acres; the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 26, containing 40 acres, and the west half of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 26, containing 20 acres; total area, 150 acres.


WARREN G. HARDING

The White House, May 17, 1921.

Warren G. Harding, Executive Order 3464—Uintah Indian Reservation, Utah Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/277321

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