Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

The lands hereby excluded from the reserve and restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from the date hereof, but shall not be subject to entry, filing or selection until after ninety days' notice by such publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe

Context

Proclamation 524—Enlargement of the Yellowstone Forest Reserve, Wyoming and Montana

05/03/1904

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