Executive Order 870

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Executive Order 870 (1908)
by President of the United States

Modifying Holy Cross National Forest, Colorado1202677

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See the Notes section for a list of Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.

Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt Wednesday, July 1, 1908

1202677Executive Order 870 — Modifying Holy Cross National Forest, Colorado12026771908President of the United States

It is hereby ordered that on and after July 1, 1908, the land within the boundaries shown on the attached diagram, heretofore set apart, reserved, and proclaimed as parts of the Holy Cross, Leadville, Gunnison, and Battlement Mesa National Forests, shall be known as the Holy Cross National Forest. The remaining portions of the Holy Cross National Forest shall continue reserved and constitute parts of the Leadville National Forest. It is not intended by this order to release any land from reservation or to reserve any land not heretofore embraced as a National Forest.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

July 1, 1908.

Notes

See related

Proclamation, August 25, 1905 (34 Stat 3144)
Executive Order 890, July 1, 1908
Executive Order 891, July 1, 1908
Executive Order 894, July 1, 1908
Executive Order 1068, April 26, 1909
Executive Order 1069, April 26, 1909
Executive Order 2618, May 11, 1917
Executive Order 3317, August 7, 1920
Executive Order 3605, January 3, 1922
Executive Order 4402, March 25, 1926
Public Land Order 263, January 1, 1945 (10 FR 2251; merged into White River National Forest)

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