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On the recordFebruary 21, 1897
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.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 398—Withdrawal of Lands for the Bitter Root Forest Reserve, Idaho and Montana

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