Proclamation 549—Establishment of the Leadville 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 fifteen (15), Township one (1) North, Range seventy-eight (78) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Colorado; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence southerly to the northwest corner of the south-west quarter of Section eighteen (18), Township one (1) North, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section seventeen (17), said township; 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 south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly along the Base Line to the north-east corner of Section three (3), Township one (1) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township two (2) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section four (4), Township three (3) South, Range seventy-six (76) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township four (4) South, Range seventy-six (76) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township five (5) South, Range seventy-six (76) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence westerly along the First Correction Line South to the north-east corner of Section four (4), Township six (6) South, Range seventy-six (76) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section two (2), Township seven (7) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; 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 to the north-east corner of Township eight (8) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence southerly along the section lines, allowing for the proper offsets, to the south-east corner of Section fourteen (14), Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-two (22), Township twelve South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence southerly to the south-cast corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Township thir-teen (13) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township fourteen (14) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Township fifteen (15) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence westerly along the Third (3rd) Correction Line South to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; 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 seven (7), said township; thence northerly to the southeast corner of Section twelve (12), Township fourteen (14), South, Range seventy-eight (78) 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 two (2), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township thirteen (13) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; 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 eighteen (18), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section one (1), Township thirteen (13) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; 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 the south-east quarter of Section thirty-five (35), Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-two (22), 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 the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the north-east quarter of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section nine (9), said township; thence .westerly to the south-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty (20), Township eleven (11) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirteen (13), Township eleven (11) South, Range eighty (80) West; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence northerly along the section lines, allowing for the proper offset on the Second (2nd) Correction Line South, to the south-east corner of Section fourteen (14), Township ten (10) South, Range eighty (80) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section eleven (11) , said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section one (1), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-two (32), Township nine (9) South, Range seventy-nine (79) 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 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 eight (8) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section thirty-one (31), 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 the north-east quarter of Section one (1), Township nine (9) South, Range eighty (80) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the northeast quarter of Section eleven (11), 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 ten (10), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-two (22), Township eight (8) South, Range eighty (80) West; thence westerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the northeast corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section eight (8), Township nine (9) South, Range eighty (80) West; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section fourteen (14), Township nine (9) South, Range eighty-one (81).West; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section twelve (12), Township ten (10) South, Range eighty-one (81) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township ten (10) South, Range eighty (80) West; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly along the section lines, allowing for the proper offset on the Second (2nd) Correction Line South, to the north-west corner of Section twenty-eight (28), Township eleven (11) South, Range eighty (80) 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 thirty-four (34), said township; thence southerly to the south-east 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 southerly to the north-west corner of Section eleven (11), Township twelve (12) South, Range eighty (80) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-nine (79) 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 Section twenty (20), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section ten (10), Township thirteen (13) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section fifteen (15), Township fourteen (14) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the northwest corner of. Section eleven (11), Township fifteen (15) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the southeast quarter of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence easterly along the Third (3rd) Correction Line South to the north-east corner of Township fifty-one (51) North, Range seven (7) East, New Mexico Principal Meridian; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township fifty-one (51) North, Range five (5) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said township; thence westerly along the Third (3rd) Correction Line South to the southwest corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range eighty-one (81) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian; thence northerly to the northwest corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range eighty-one (81) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range eighty-two (82) West; thence northerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the Second (2nd) Correction Line South, to the north-west corner of Township ten (10) South, Range eighty-two (82) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of Township eight (8) South, Range eighty-one (81) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township eight (8) South, Range eighty (80) West; thence northerly to the northwest corner of Township six (6) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence westerly along the First (1st) Correction Line South to the south-west corner of Township five (5) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Township three (3) South, Range eighty (80) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said township; thence northerly to the southeast corner of Township two (2) South, Range eighty-one (81) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), said township; thence easterly along the township line, allowing for the proper offset, to the north-east corner of Section four (4), Township two (2) South, Range eighty (80) West; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the northwest quarter of Section thirty (30), Township two (2) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence southerly to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section;thence easterly to the northeast corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section four (4), Township three (3) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence southerly 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 said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township three (3) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of the southeast quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the southeast corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section four (4), Township four (4) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West, thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section nine (9), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section eleven (11), Township five (5) South, Range seventy-eight (78) 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 the north-west quarter of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of the north-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-four (24), 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 westerly along the First (1st) Correction Line South to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of the north-west quarter of Section one (1), Township six (6) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the south-west quarter of the south-west quarter 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 said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of the north-east quarter of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of the south-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section one (1), Township seven (7) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section five (5), Township seven (7) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township six (6) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty (20), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the south-east quarter of the south-west quarter of Section seven (7), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of the north-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly along the First (1st) Correction Line South to the south-west corner of Section thirty-two (32), Township five (5) South, Range seventy-seven (77) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty (20), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; 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 northwest corner of the south-east quarter of Section five (5), said town-ship; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly to the southeast corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-five (25), Township four (4) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence westerly 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 westerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-four (24), 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 fourteen (14), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section eleven (11), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section thirty-four (34), Township three (3) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; 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; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section thirty-six (36), Township two (2), South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the north-west quarter of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-seven (27), 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 south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-one (21), said township; 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-east quarter of Section twenty (20), said township; 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 to the north-west corner of said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township one (1) South, Range seventy-nine (79) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section thirty-two (32), Township one (1) South, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the southwest corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; 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 along the Base Line to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township one (I) North, Range seventy-eight (78) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section, 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 thereof, 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 Leadville 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 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.