Mar 20, 1917
the boundaries of the Crook National Forest are hereby changed to include the areas indicated as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof and to exclude the areas indicated thereon as eliminations
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
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Mar 20, 1917
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to make and prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry this proclamation into full force and effect.
Mar 20, 1917
It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands situated in the State of New Mexico, excepting any tract or tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States, or to which valid legal rights have attached, be, and the…
Mar 20, 1917
by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the aforesaid acts of Congress do hereby prescribe, proclaim and make known that the agricultural entries heretofore allowed for said coal lands classified and appraised as aforesaid…
Mar 20, 1917
the remainder of the excluded lands, subject to valid rights, existing withdrawals and the provisions hereof, shall be open to settlement and disposition under any public land laws applicable thereto at and after, but not before, nine…
Mar 15, 1917
I feel confident that the people of the United States will be moved to aid these people stricken by war, famine and disease;
Mar 4, 1917
It is time rather to speak our thoughts and purposes concerning the present and the immediate future.
Mar 4, 1917
We have been deeply wronged upon the seas, but we have not wished to wrong or injure in return; have retained throughout the consciousness of standing in some sort apart.
Mar 4, 1917
The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled, and we shall walk with the light all about us if we be but true to ourselves.
Mar 4, 1917
It speaks for itself and will be of increasing influence as the years go by.
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