William Taft actually said...

Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, excavate, injure or destroy any of the ruins or relics hereby declared to be a National Monument or to locate or settle upon any of the lands reserved and made a part of said monument by this proclamation.

Context

Proclamation 882—Establishing the Gran Quivira National Monument, New Mexico

10/31/1909

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