The New Glacier National Park. 



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will in time, and without fail, respond to a demand from 

 the people to make accessible such remarkable scenic won- 

 ders as are to be found in that locality alone. 



Two hundred million dollars of the good money of the 

 people of the United States are paid out annually by 

 Americans who visit the mountains of Switzerland and 

 other parts of Europe. I would that our people might 

 direct their course to our own grand mountains, where 

 scenery equal to that to be found anywhere on this globe 

 may be seen and enjoyed. 



The time will come, Mr. President, when our successors 

 here will thank us for having taken appropriate action in 

 due season to preserve from vandalism and invasion the 

 few remaining places of striking grandeur and interest 

 belonging to the Government on this continent. 



An Act to Establish "The Glacier National Park" in the 

 Rocky Mountains South of the International 

 Boundary Line, in the State of Montana, 

 AND for Other Purposes. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

 the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 

 tract of land in the State of Montana particularly described by 

 metes and bounds as follows, to wit : Commencing at a point 

 on the international boundary between the United States and the 

 Dominion of Canada at the middle of the Flathead River ; thence 

 following southerly along and with the middle of the Flathead 

 River to its confluence with the Middle Fork of the Flathead 

 River; thence following the north bank of said Middle Fork 

 of the Flathead River to where it is crossed by the north bound- 

 ary of the right of way of the Great Northern Railroad ; thence 

 following the said right of way to where it intersects the west 

 boundary of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation ; thence northerly 

 along said west boundary to its intersection with the inter- 

 national boundary; thence along said international boundary to 

 the place of beginning, is hereby reserved and withdrawn from 

 settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United 

 States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasure 

 ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the 

 United States under the name of "The Glacier National Park"; 

 and all persons who shall locate or settle upon or occupy the 

 same, or any part thereof, except as hereinafter provided, shall 



