Executive Order 869

It is hereby ordered that on and after July 1, 1908, the land within the boundary shown on the attached diagram, heretofore set apart, reserved, and proclaimed as parts of the Tonto and Black Mesa National Forests, shall be known as the Tonto National Forest. The remaining portions of the Tonto National Forest shall continue reserved and constitute parts of the Crook, Sitgreaves, and Coconino National Forests. It is not intended by this order to release any land from reservation or to reserve any land not heretofore embraced in a National Forest.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

July 1, 1908.

Notes

Amends

• Proclamation 423, August 17, 1898 (30 Stat. L., 1782)
• Proclamation 598, October 13, 1905 (34 Stat. L., 3166)
• Proclamation 795, January 13, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 2176)

Amended by

• Proclamation 837, February 10, 1909 (35 Stat. L., 2219)
• Proclamation 1087, September 26, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 2745)
• Proclamation 1089, September 26, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 2747)
• Executive Order 1646, November 23, 1912
• Executive Order 4133, January 26, 1925
• Executive Order 4930, July 12, 1928
• Executive Order 6882, October 22, 1934
• Public Land Order 924, July 1, 1953 (18 FR 6823)

See related

• Proclamation 787, December 19, 1907 (35 Stat. L., 2168)
• Proclamation 816, July 1, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 2194)
• Executive Order 868, July 1, 1908
• Executive Order 876, July 1, 1908