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The San Isabel Forest Reserve, 77,98o 



Idaho and 



Montana The Bitter Root Forest Reserve, 4,147,200 



Idaho and 



Washington The Priest Forest Reserve 645,120 



Montana The Flathead Forest Reserve, 1,382,400 



The Lewis and Clarke Forest Reserve, (even 



sections), 2,926,080 



The Gallatin Forest Reserve, 40,320 



The Little Belt Mountains Forest Reserve, 501,000 



The Madison Forest Reserve, 736,000 



The Absaroka Forest Reserve, 1,311,600 



Nebraska The Dismal River Forest Reserve, 85,123 



The Niobrara Forest Reserve, 123,779 



New Mexico The Pecos River Forest Reserve, 431,040 



The Gila River Forest Reserve, 2,327,040 



The Lincoln Forest Reserve, 500,000 



Oklahoma The Wichita Forest Reserve, S7,i20 



Oregon The Bull Run Timber Land Reserve, 142,080 



The Cascade Range Forest Reserve, 4,436,120 



The Ashland Forest Reserve, 18,560 



South Dakota 



and Wyoming The Black Hills Forest Reserve, 1,211,680 



Utah The Uintah Forest Reserve 875,520 



The Fish Lake Forest Reserve, 67,840 



The Payson Forest Reserve, 86;400 



Washington The Washington Forest Reserve, 3,426,400 



The Olympic Forest Reserve, 1,466,880 



The Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, 2,027,520 



Wyoming The Yellowstone Forest Reserve, 1,834,240 



The Big Horn Forest Reserve, 1,216,960 



The Teton Forest Reserve, 4,127,360 



The Crow Creek Forest Reserve, 56,320 



The Medicine Bow Forest Reserve, 420,584 



There are, at present, no reserves east of the Mississippi. 



The Minnesota National Forest Reserve, when completed, will 

 contain about 225,000 acres. 



In the Philippine Islands, the United States fell heir to about 

 47,000,000 acres of tropical woodland, now placed in charge of a Bu- 

 reau headed by Capt. G. P. Ahern. 



(XXX.) HISTORY OF STATE LAND: 



The original thirteen States disposed of their land gradually, 

 or still continue to sell land, excepting New York, Pennsylvania and 

 Massachusetts. 



All new States, originally not owners of any land, obtain huge 

 tracts from the United States under special laws, famous amon^ 

 which is the Swamp Land Law of 1850. Under this law, about, sev- 



