I do hereby make known and proclaim that there is 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 States of Idaho and Montana.
Proclamation 398—Withdrawal of Lands for the Bitter Root Forest Reserve, Idaho and Montana
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