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Teddy Roosevelt: “The public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.”

On the recordApril 15, 1902
The public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 470—Establishing the Niobrara Forest Reserve

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