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This proclamation by President William H. Taft changes the boundaries of the Kansas National Forest. The original forest boundaries are illustrated on the diagram from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The forest was located west of Garden City and south of the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe Railroad in Finney, Haskell, Grant, Kearny, and Hamilton counties. The proclamation excludes land west of Syracuse, Kansas and east of the Colorado border.
Creator: Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930
Date: February 24, 1913
Item Number: 310961
Call Number: K 634.9 Mss. No.2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 310961
Collections - Library
Date - 1910s - 1913
Environment - Landscape - Forests
Environment - Plants - Trees
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Agriculture, Department of
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Forest Service
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Proclamation
Places - Counties - Finney
Places - Counties - Grant
Places - Counties - Hamilton
Places - Counties - Haskell
Places - Counties - Kearny
Places - Rivers - Arkansas
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Type of Material - Maps
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Proclamation
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