Executive Order 3394

by President of the United States

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (30 Stat., 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 497), the following described public lands In the State of Wyoming are hereby temporarily withdrawn, subject to the conditions, provisions, and limitations of said acts, for the purpose of classifying said lands and pending enactment of appropriate legislation for their proper disposition:

Beginning at a point on the present south boundary line of the Yellowstone National Park where it is intersected by the Idaho-Wyoming State line, thence south along the Idaho-Wyoming State Line to its intersection with the hydrographic divide between Conant Creek and North Fork Pierre River; thence easterly along the said hydrographic divide and now between Conant and Birch Creeks to the main hydrographic divide formed by the Teton Mountains, and between the headwaters of Berry and Conant Creeks; thence south along said hydrographic divide and now between Birch and Owl Creeks, North Fork Pierre River and Webb Canyon, Badger Creek and Moran Canyon, Leigh Creek and Leigh Canyon, and Teton Canyon and Glacier Creek to a peak, elevation eleven thousand four hundred feet, on the said hydrographic divide, between the headwaters of Teton Canyon and Taggart Creek and a branch of Death Canyon waters, which enter said Death Canyon about one and one-half miles northwest of Phelps Lake; thence following easterly along the main hydrographic divide south of Taggart Creek and Taggart Lake to its intersection with the unsurveyed section line between, what will be when surveyed sections ten and fifteen, township forty-three north, range one hundred and sixteen west of the sixth principal meridian; thence east along the said section line and continuing east along the section line between sections eleven and fourteen of said township and range to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section eleven, said township and range; thence north to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section two, said township and range; thence east to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-five in unsurveyed township forty-four north, range one hundred and sixteen west; thence north to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-five; thence west to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-five; thence north to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-five; thence east to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section twenty-six; thence north to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-six; thence east to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-five; thence north to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-five; thence east to the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty-five; thence north to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty-five; thence east to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty-five; thence north to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirteen; thence west to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirteen; thence north to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twelve; thence east to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twelve; thence north to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twelve; thence east to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of section twelve; thence north to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section twelve; thence east to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section twelve; thence north to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section twelve; thence east to the southeast corner of section one; all in unsurveyed township forty-four north, range one hundred and sixteen west; thence east along the section lines between section six and seven, five and eight, four and nine, and three and ten to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section three, all in township forty-four north, range one hundred and fifteen west; thence north to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section three, said township and range; thence east along the township line to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-six, township forty-five north, range one hundred and fifteen west; thence north to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-six, said township and range; thence east to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of section thirty-four, township forty-five north, range one hundred and fourteen west; thence south along the section line between sections thirty-three and thirty-four, said township and range, to its intersection with the southeast bank of Snake River; thence northerly along the southeastern bank of Snake River to its intersection with the Buffalo Fork; thence easterly along the south bank of Buffalo Fork to the junction with a tributary of said Buffalo Fork approximately in unsurveyed section six of partially surveyed township forty-five north, range one hundred and nine west; thence easterly following up the main hydrographic divide between said tributary and Buffalo Fork to U. S. Geological Survey bench mark, elevation 10,599 feet; thence northeasterly continuing along the divide, passing over Buffalo Plateau to the Continental Divide; thence northeasterly following the Continental Divide to the hydrographic divide formed by the Absaroka Range between the headwaters of Deer Creek, Buffalo Fork, and Yellowstone River; thence northeasterly continuing along the said hydrographic divide between Thorofare and Bruin Creeks and Deer, Red, Yellow, Tall, and Cabin Creeks, headwaters of Shoshone River, to Kingfisher Peak, elevation eleven thousand one hundred feet; thence northwesterly along the hydrographic divide between Butte and Pass Creeks and Deer and Ishawooa Creeks, passing over Ishawooa Pass, elevation nine thousand eight hundred and seventy feet, to Ishawooa Cone, elevation eleven thousand eight hundred and forty feet; thence northwesterly along the hydrographic divide between Open, Mountain, and Dike Creeks, and Rampart, Fishhawk, Eyrie, and Eagle Creeks, passing over Overlook Mountain, elevation eleven thousand eight hundred feet; Chaos Mountain, elevation eleven thousand five hundred feet; and Pinnacle Mountain, elevation eleven thousand four hundred feet, to a point on the present east boundary line of the Yellowstone National Park, in the State of Wyoming, which is about three-fourths mile south of the boundary monument, marked six north; thence south along the present east boundary line to the southeast corner of Yellowstone Park; thence west along the present south boundary line to the point of beginning.

Woodrow Wilson.

The White House, 28 January, 1921.

Notes

Revoked (in part) by:

• Executive Order 5296, March 8, 1930