The public lands in the State of Colorado, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.
Proclamation 576—Establishing the Uncompahgre Forest Reserve, Colorado
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