Proclamation 569—Establishing the Park Range Forest Reserve, Colorado

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 Colorado, 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 Colorado, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the north-west corner of Section four (4), Township eleven (II) North, Range ninety (90) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Colorado; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section six (6), Township eleven (11) North, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence easterly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence southerly 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 Section thirty-three (33), Township eleven (11) North, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty (30), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of thenorth-east quarter of Section twenty-eight (28), Township eleven (11) North, Range eighty-eight (88) West; thence northerly to thenorth-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section thirteen (13), Township eleven (11) North, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly 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 said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section three (3), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section six (6), Township eleven (11) North, Range eighty-eight (88) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section seven (7), Township eleven (11) North, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence-easterly to the north-east corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section nineteen (19), Township eleven (11) North, Range eighty-six (86) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section ten (10), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section six (6), Township eleven (11) North, Range eighty-five (85) West; thence southerly to the southeast corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-three (23), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section two (2), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to thenorth-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-three (33), Township twelve (12) North, Range eighty-five (85) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the southeast corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty (20), said township; thence northerly to the boundary line between the States of Colorado and Wyoming; thence easterly along said state boundary line to its intersection with the range line between Ranges eighty-four (84) and eighty-five (85) West; thence southerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section nineteen (19), Township twelve (12) North, Range eighty-four (84) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty (20), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-one (21), Township twelve (12) North, Range eighty-three (83) West; thence northerly to the boundary line between the States of Colorado and Wyoming; thence easterly along said state boundary line to its intersection with the section line between Sections twenty-two (22) and twenty-three (23), Township twelve (12) North, Range eighty-two (82) West; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five ( 25 ), Township eleven (11) North, Range eighty-two (82) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township nine (9) North, Range eighty-two (82) West; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly along the Second (2nd) Correction Line North to the north-east corner of Section two (2), Township eight (8) North, Range eighty-two (82) West; 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 ten (10), Township seven (7) North, Range eighty-two (82) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township six (6) North, Range eighty-two (82) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section one (1), Township five (5) North, Range eighty-two (82) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of thesouth-west quarter of Section twelve (12), said township; thence westerly. to the north-east corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence easterly along the First (1st) Correction Line North to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section three (3), Township four (4) North, Range eighty-two (82) West; 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 north-east corner of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to thenorth-west corner of Section ten (10), Township two (2) North, Range eighty-two (82) West; 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 the north-west quarter of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), 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 thirty-five (35), Township two (2) North, Range eighty-three (83) West; thence northerly along the section lines to the point of intersection with the First (1st) Correction Line North; thence westerly along said Correction Line to the south-west corner of Section thirty-six (36), Township five (5) North, Range eighty-four (84) West; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-six (26), Township six (6) North, Range eighty-four (84) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section three (3), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township seven (7) North, Range eighty-four (84) West; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; 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 said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence northerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the Second (2nd) Correction Line North to the north-east corner of Township nine (9) North, Range eighty-five (85) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township ten (10) North, Range eighty-five (85) West; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section thirty (30), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-one (31), said township; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Township nine (9) North, Range eighty-six (86) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of thenorth-east quarter of Section thirty-six (36), said township; 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 north-east corner of Section thirty-four (34), 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 Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty (30), said township; thence southerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the Second (2nd) Correction Line North, to the south-east corner of Section thirteen (13), Township seven (7) North, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section seventeen (17), said township; 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 northerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section nine (9), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to thesouth-west corner of Section ten (10), Township eight (8) North, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly, allowing for the proper offset on the Second (2nd) Correction Line North, to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section thirty-four (34), Township nine (9) North, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence northerly to thenorth-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty (20), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-four (34), Township ten (10) North, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence westerly to thenorth-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of thenorth-west quarter of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section five (5), Township nine (9) North, Range eighty-seven (87) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section six (6), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township nine (9) North, Range eighty-eight (88) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; 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 nine (9) North, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25)' Township eleven (11) North, Range ninety (90)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-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the southeast 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, the place of beginning;

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 Park Range 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 12th day of June, 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.