Executive Order 870
It is hereby ordered that on and after July 1, 1908, the land within the boundaries shown on the attached diagram, heretofore set apart, reserved, and proclaimed as parts of the Holy Cross, Leadville, Gunnison, and Battlement Mesa National Forests, shall be known as the Holy Cross National Forest. The remaining portions of the Holy Cross National Forest shall continue reserved and constitute parts of the Leadville National Forest. It is not intended by this order to release any land from reservation or to reserve any land not heretofore embraced as a National Forest.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The White House,
- July 1, 1908.
Notes
[edit]- See related
- Proclamation, August 25, 1905 (34 Stat 3144)
- Executive Order 890, July 1, 1908
- Executive Order 891, July 1, 1908
- Executive Order 894, July 1, 1908
- Executive Order 1068, April 26, 1909
- Executive Order 1069, April 26, 1909
- Executive Order 2618, May 11, 1917
- Executive Order 3317, August 7, 1920
- Executive Order 3605, January 3, 1922
- Executive Order 4402, March 25, 1926
- Public Land Order 263, January 1, 1945 (10 FR 2251; merged into White River National Forest)
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