Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

it is ordered that all lands acquired or to be acquired by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 573.60 acres, more or less, in Day County, South Dakota, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture

Context

Executive Order 8013—Enlarging the Waubay Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

11/24/1938

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