U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. 35, Part 2, pp. 2174-75 and map following p. 2174. "By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation."

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U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. 35, Part 2, pp. 2174-75 and map following p. 2174. "By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation."

Roosevelt, Theodore

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : District of Columbia : Washington Government Printing Office 1908 01 09

SUMMARY
Establishes Muir Woods National Monument, California, on land donated by William and Elizabeth Thatcher Kent, on the grounds that "an extensive growth of redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) embraced in said land is of extraordinary scientific interest and importance because of the primeval character of the forest in which it is located, and of the character, age and size of the trees."

NOTES
At the Kents' request, this national monument was named in honor of John Muir. William Kent himself afterwards served as a Representative from California in Congress, where he disagreed with Muir on the fate of Hetch Hetchy Valley, but later introduced the legislation establishing the National Park Service in 1916 (39 Stat. 535).

Published 1909.

SUBJECTS
Presidential proclamation
Forest conservation
Landscape protection
National monuments

MEDIUM
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CALL NUMBER
KF 50 .U5

PART OF
United States Statutes at Large

DIGITAL ID
amrvl vl339

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