Year Book of the State of ColoradoState Board of Immigration, 1924 - Colorado |
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Page 33 - States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservation and the limits thereof.
Page 34 - Forests have for their objects to Insure a perpetual supply of timber, to preserve the forest cover which regulates the flow of. streams, and to provide for the use of all resources which the Forests coutain, In the ways which will make them of largest service. Largest service means greatest good to the greatest number In the long run.
Page 7 - ... Texas and became a part of the United States when Texas was annexed (1845). This included a considerable tract belonging to the Louisiana Purchase but the controversy regarding the northern boundary of Texas was settled long before Colorado became a State. The western part of what Is now the State of Colorado and an additional strip lying west and south of the Rio Grande del Norte was ceded to the United States by Mexico (1848) following the war between the two countries. The actual settlement...
Page 37 - That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed and required to select, classify, and segregate, as soon as practicable, all lands within the boundaries of National Forests that may be opened to settlement and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the National Forests, and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid.
Page 30 - COUNTIES.— Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Clear Creek, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Kiowa, Kit Carson, La Plata, Las Animas, Lincoln, Mesa, Mineral, Montezuma, Montrose...
Page 1 - Colorado, 1920; detailed information regarding the State, its resources, opportunities and attractions, compiled from official and semi-official sources and published under the authority vested by the State Legislature in the State Board of Immigration.
Page 48 - Markets, so far as it relates to crop reports, is carried on in cooperation with the Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Page 5 - ... guidance, and direction of the board, to act as secretary of the board, to collect reliable information and statistics regarding agriculture, stock growing and feeding, horticulture, mining, manufacturing, climate, and health in Colorado, and to publish the same with a view of attracting health seekers, tourists, investors, and prospective settlers to the State; to prepare and cause to be circulated, books, pamphlets, leaflets, and other literature, illustrated or otherwise, regarding Colorado...
Page 6 - Platte rivers and their numerous tributaries, and rising gradually from the state line westward to the foothills of the Rockies. The main range of the Rocky mountains passes north and south through the central part of the state, with numerous secondary ranges and spurs running in all directions, giving Colorado the greatest extent and widest variety of mountain scenery found in any state.
Page 5 - It shall be the duty of the commissioner, under the guidance and direction of the board, to act as secretary of the board, to collect reliable information and statistics regarding agriculture, stock growing and feeding, horticulture, mining, manufacturing, climate, and health in Colorado, and to publish the same with a view of attracting health seekers, tourists, investors, and prospective settlers to the State; to prepare and cause to be circulated, books, pamphlets, leaflets, and other literature,...