SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS . SEss. II. CH. 437. 1929 .
1435 C H A P . 4 3 7 .-An Act T o revise the north, northeast, and east boundaries of
March 1, 1929 . the Yellowstone National Park in the States of Montana and Wyoming and for [s.3001 .] other purposes.
[Public, No. 8ss .] Be it enacted by the Senate a nd House of Re presentatives o f t h e Yellowstone Nation- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the boundary al Park . of the Yellowstone National Park is hereby changed so as to read Boundaries changed . as fol lows "Beginning on the present north boundary line of Yellowstone Description . National Park at its intersection with the hydrographic divide immediately no rth of Pebble Creek, appro ximately at pa rk boundary monument 29 east ; thence following said divide around the head of the drainage of Pebble Creek to its intersection with the present east boundary line of Yellowstone National Park, at a point near park boundary monument 54 north ; thence southerly along said boundary line to its intersection with the hydrographic divide between Soda Butte and Cache Creeks, at a point near park boundary monument 51 north ; thence easterly along said, hydrographic divide to its intersection with the crest of the Absaroka Range ; thence southerly along said crest to its intersection with the main hydro- graphic graphic divide between Little Lamar River and the North Fork of Shoshone River, passing over Republic and Hoodoo Peaks ; thence westerly along said divide passing over Notch Mountain to its inter- section with the present east boundary line of Yellowstone National Park, at a point near park boundary monument 26 north ; thence continuing w esterly along said divide, now between t he headwaters of Lamar River and Jones Creek ; headwaters of Sedge, Bear, Cub, and Clear Creeks, and the headwaters of Jones and Crow Creeks, and betwe en Crow Creek and Middle Cr eek, to its i ntersection wi th the present east boundary line of Yellowstone National Park, approximately at park boundary monument 18 north, passing over Pyramid and Cathedral Peaks, Mount Chittenden, and Avalanche Peak, thence southerly along said boundary line to its intersection with the hydrographic divide immediately south of Middle Creek, approximately at park boundary monument 15 north ; thence westerly along said divide, now between a southern tributary of Middle Creek, headwaters of Beaverdam, Trappers, and Mountain Creeks, and the headwaters of Canfield and Eagle Creeks, to its intersection with the present east boundary line of Yellowstone National Park, at a point near park bounda ry mo nument 5 nor th, pa ssing over Reserv ation and Atkins Peaks, Mount Schurz, Mount Humphreys, and Eagle Peak ; and "Beginning on the present west boundary line of Yellowstone National Park at its intersection with the left bank of Gallatin River between park monuments 45 and 46 north ; thence northwesterly along said bank to a point opposite the hydrographic divide between Daly and Tepee Creeks ; thence northeasterly across the Gallatin River a nd along said divide, aroun d the headwat ers of Daly, B lack Butte, Specimen, and Fan Creeks, to the intersection of said divide with the present north boundary line of Yellowstone National Park, at a point near park boundary monument 11 west . "All of those lands lying within the boundary lines above described and the present north, east, and west boundary lines are hereby included in and made a part of the Yellowstone National Exclu ded lands ad ded Park ; and all of those lands of the present Yellowstone National to contiguous national Park excluded from the park are hereby included in and made forests' a par t of the cont iguous nationa l forests sub ject to all l aws and regulations applicable to national forests, and upon acceptance thereof by appropriate action of the State, jurisdiction for all pur- 54835«-29- rT 1-94
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