Executive Order 502

by President of the United States

It is hereby ordered that that portion of the military reservation of Fort Robinson, Nebraska, as declared by Executive Order of November 14, 1876, enlarged by Executive Order of June 28, 1879, and reduced by Executive Order of September 19, 1896, which is included within the limits hereinafter described, be placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior, under authority of the act of Congress, approved July 5, 1884 (23 Stat. L., 103), for disposition under said act or as may be otherwise provided by law; the same having become useless for military purposes and having been erroneously included in patents issued to private parties, viz:

Beginning at a point on the northwest boundary of the Fort Robinson Military Reservation, where the north boundary of township 31 north, of range 53 west of the 6th P. M., Nebraska, of public land surveys, intersects the said reservation boundary 14.80 chains N. 89° 44′ E. of the northwest corner of section 2 of said township and range near post No. 27; thence from said point S. 45° 15′ E. 80.16 chains to post No. 23; thence N. 1° 45′ E. 35.15 chains to the intersection of the north boundary of the reservation at post No. 22, the said post being 21.45 chains south and 5.82 chains west of the northeast corner of section 2, said township and range; thence following the crest of Soldier's Grove Bluffs to the place of beginning.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House, September 14th, 1906.