Republican (nationalist) President Grant signs the Act of Dedication, preserving 2,200,000 acres in the federal enclaves of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana as Yellowstone National Park.
NOTE: This was an entirely lawful act as long as Wyoming, Idaho and Montana remained federal enclaves.
[restored 5/7/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article IV, Section 3 [Clause 2]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 203.