16 U.S.C. § 21 — Establishment; boundaries; trespassers

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This law sets aside land in Montana and Wyoming near the Yellowstone River as a public park. It describes the park's boundaries using specific geographic points. Settling on park land without permission under section 22 makes someone a trespasser.

This section sets aside a tract of land near the headwaters of the Yellowstone River, in Montana and Wyoming, as a public park. The boundary works like this: it starts where Gardiner's River meets the Yellowstone River. From there, it runs east to a meridian 10 miles east of Yellowstone Lake's most eastern point. Then it runs south along that meridian, to the parallel of latitude 10 miles south of Yellowstone Lake's most southern point. Then it runs west along that parallel, to a meridian 15 miles west of Madison Lake's most western point. Then it runs north along that meridian, up to the latitude where the Yellowstone and Gardiner's Rivers meet. Finally, it runs east back to the starting point. This land is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States. It is dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. Anyone who locates on, settles on, or occupies any part of this land set apart as a public park — except as provided in section 22 of this title — is considered a trespasser and must be removed.

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The tract of land in the States of Montana and Wyoming, lying near the headwaters of the Yellowstone River and described as follows, to wit, commencing at the junction of Gardiner’s River, with the Yellowstone River, and running east to the meridian passing ten miles to the eastward of the most eastern point of Yellowstone Lake; thence south along said meridian to the parallel of latitude passing ten miles south of the most southern point of Yellowstone Lake; thence west along said parallel to the meridian passing fifteen miles west of the most western point of Madison Lake; thence north along said meridian to the latitude of the junction of the Yellowstone and Gardiner’s Rivers; thence east to the place of beginning, is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people; and all persons who locate, or settle upon, or occupy any part of the land thus set apart as a public park, except as provided in section 22 of this title, shall be considered trespassers and removed therefrom.

Source credit: (R.S. § 2474.)

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