On the recordMarch 1, 1909
I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested... do proclaim that the said lands are hereby added to the Apache National Forest.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested... do proclaim that the said lands are hereby added to the Apache National Forest.
Proclamation 866—Enlarging the Apache National Forest, Arizona
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