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On the recordJuly 30, 1911
It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in Pinal County, Ariz., be, and they are hereby, reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposal and set aside as an addition to the Gila River Indian Reservation, Ariz.
Said by
Robert Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Executive Order 1387—Gila Indian Reservation, Arizona

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