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On the recordAugust 13, 1905
I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the act of Congress, do hereby declare and make known that the lands above described are hereby reserved as townsites.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 590—Withdrawl of Lands from Uinta Indian Reservations, Utah, for Additional Townsites

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