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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 recordAugust 24, 1905
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 592—Establishment of the Holy Cross Forest Reserve, Colorado

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