Diagram Illustrating Presidential Proclamation
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DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION Monitor National Forest, Nevada: Diagram forming a part of Proclamation dated April 15, 1907. Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. 1907. Scale, ca. 1:316,880. No geographic coordinates. Public land (Township & Range) grid. Black & white. 51 x 24 cm., folded to 34 x 21 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Shows national forest boundaries, roads, ranches, and streams. Indicates location of the 39th parallel and in lower margin, “117º West from Washington.” Includes 5 blank legend boxes. “Mt. Diablo Meridian.” Holdings: LC; NA U.S. FOREST SERVICE FOLIO See Forest Atlas of the National Forests of the United States: Toiyabe Folio. (1909, sheets, 5, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24, 26, 27 & 28) below for coverage of the Monitor National Forest in folio format. MONTICELLO FOREST RESERVE & NATIONAL FOREST, UTAH 1907-1908 The Monticello National Forest combined with the La Sal National Forest to establish the La Salle National Forest in 1908. The Monticello National Forest was named for the nearby town (Van Cott, page 256). Now the area forms the Monticello Section, LaSal Division of the Manti-LaSal National Forest. Under the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984, the 47,116 acre Dark Canyon Wilderness was established on the former Monticello National Forest. Moab, Utah served as the administrative headquarters of the Monticello, the same headquarters as the La Sal National Forest. It now forms the La Sal Division – Monticello of the Manti-LaSal National Forest. ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY 1) 1907, February 6 *Proclamation, 34 Stat. 3272 Established Forest Reserve on 214,270 gross acres. 2) 1907, December 12 *Proclamation 783, 35 Stat. 2164 101,398 acres added. Area now includes 315,668 gross acres. 3) 1908, July 2 Executive Order 908 Forest abolished; all lands transferred to (effective July 1, 1908) the LaSalle National Forest. *Map/diagram accompanies text of these proclamations in U.S. Statutes at Large. DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS Monticello Forest Reserve, Utah : Diagram forming a part of Proclamation dated February 6, 1907. Compiled from G.L.O. and U.S.G.S. records; Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1907. 1907. Scale, ca. 1:126,720. No geographic coordinates. Public land (Township & Range) grid. Black & white. 48 x 35 cm., folded to 34 x 21 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights (contour interval 250 feet). Shows forest reserve boundaries, settlements, roads, and streams. Indicates location of the 37º 30’ parallel and in lower right margin, “32º 30’ West from Washington.” “Salt Lake Meridian and Base.” Holdings: Univ. of Chicago; LC; NA OCLC: 401748405 Monticello National Forest, Utah : Diagram forming a part of Proclamation dated December 12, 1907. Compiled from G.L.O. and U.S.G.S. records; Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1907. [Proclamation] No. 783. 1907. Scale, ca. 1:126,720. No geographic coordinates. Public land (Township & Range) grid. Black & white. 48 x 35 cm., folded to 34 x 21 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights (contour interval 250 feet). Shows national forest boundaries, “Additions from Public Lands,” settlements, roads, and streams. Indicates location of the 37º 30’ parallel and in lower right margin, “32º 30’ West from Washington.” “Salt Lake Meridian and Base.” Holdings: Brigham Young Univ.; LC; NA OCLC (Book): 78353406 U.S. FOREST SERVICE FOLIO See Forest Atlas of the National Forests of the United States: LaSalle Folio (1908, sheets 6 through 10) above for coverage of the Monticello National Forest in folio format. 184.