U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. 38, Part 2, p. 1991 and map preceding p. 1991. "By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation."

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U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. 38, Part 2, p. 1991 and map preceding p. 1991. "By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation."

Wilson, Woodrow

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : District of Columbia : Washington Government Printing Office 1914 01 31

SUMMARY
Establishes the Papago Saguaro National Monument, Arizona, on the grounds that it is a place where "splendid examples of the giant and many other species of cacti and the yucca palm, with many additional forms of characteristic desert flora, grow to great size and perfection and are of great scientific interest," and because the area also includes "numerous prehistoric pictographs of archaeological and ethnological value."

NOTES
Another example of the connection between cultural conservation and the conservation of natural resources.

Published 1915.

SUBJECTS
Presidential proclamation
National monuments

MEDIUM
0002

CALL NUMBER
KF 50 .U5

PART OF
United States Statutes at Large

DIGITAL ID
amrvl vl470

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