C72
PROCLAMATIONS — A U G. 11, 1959
[73 STAT.
ESTABLISHING THE HORSESHOE B E N D NATIONAL MILITARY PARK August 11, 1959 [No. 3308]
BY THE P R E S I D E N T
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
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WHEREAS the battle of Horseshoe Bend, fought on March 27, 1814, on the Tallapoosa River in Alabama, resulted in a decisive victory for the forces of General Andrew Jackson over a strong body of Creek Indians and broke the power of the Creek Confederacy; and WHEREAS this significant historic event on the Indian border opened the way for settlement in Alabama and other parts of the old Southwest; and WHEREAS section 1 of an act approved July 25, 1956 (70 Stat. 651), provides that when not less than five hundred acres of nonFederal lands (together with improvements thereon), known as the Horseshoe Bend Battle Ground, shall have been acquired and transferred free and clear of all encumbrances to the United States without expense to the Federal Government, such area shall be dedicated and set apart as the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park; and WHEREAS section 2 of that act authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to make an examination of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Ground with a view to determining the area or areas thereof deemed desirable for inclusion in the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park; and WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior on June 11, 1957, approved a map showing an area of 2,040 acres on the Horseshoe Bend Battle Ground as being desirable for inclusion in the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, and such land was donated to, and accepted on behalf of, the United States of America on April 24, 1959; and WHEREAS the requirements of sections 1 and 2 of the act of July 25, 1956 (70 Stat. 651), have been fully comphed with: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4 of the above-mentioned act of July 25, 1956, do hereby dedicate and set aside the following-described lands in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, as the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park: Northeast q u a r t e r (NE>^), northeast q u a r t e r of northwest q u a r t e r ( N E ^ of NW>^), northeast q u a r t e r of southeast quarter (NE>4 of SE}i), fractions A, B, C and E of section 15; fractions B, D, and E of section 22; all in township 23 north, range 23 east; also one-half acre known as the Ferry Landing on the south side of the Tallapoosa River in said section 15, more particularly described as follows: Commence a t the southwest corner of section 15, township 23 north, range 23 east, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; thence south 89 degrees 00 minutes east 1968 feet to a point; thence north 1 degree 00 minutes west 1267 feet to a point on the southerly b a n k of the Tallapoosa River and the point of beginning of the parcel herein intended to be described; thence south 52 degrees 00 minutes west 147.6 feet to a point; thence north 38 degrees 00 minutes west 147.6 feet to a point; thence north 52 degrees 00 minutes east 147.6 feet to a point on the southerly b a n k of the said river; thence u p s t r e a m along the southerly b a n k of the river south 38 degrees 00 minutes east 147.6 feet to the point of beginning, and being situated in the east half of the southwest q u a r t e r of section 15, township 23 north, range 23 east, Tallapoosa C o u n t y, Alabama; also a parcel of land known as Miller's Island in the Tallapoosa River just south of the river bridge more particularly described as follows: Commencing a t the southwest corner of said section 15, township 23 north, range 23 east, Tallapoosa County, Alabama; thence south 89 degrees 00 minutes east 2605 feet to a point on the west b a n k of said island, which is the point of beginning; hence north 5 degrees 00 minutes east 220 feet to a point; thence north 8 degrees 00 minutes west 510 feet to a point; thence north 82 degrees 00 minutes east 350 feet to a point; thence north 55 degrees 30 minutes east
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