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APPENDIX D:
Notice of Designation of Revised Boundaries, December 15, 1962


The Federal RegisterDecember 15, 1962page 12,454

SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT, NEBR.
Notice of Designation of Revised Boundaries

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with section 1 of the Act of June 30, 1961 (75 Stat. 148), that the boundaries of Scotts Bluff National Monument have been revised pursuant to section 1 of the Act, that such revised boundaries are designated on drawing numbered NM-SB-7101, dated December 11, 1961 on file in the Office of the National Park Service; and that such boundaries of the monument are more particularly ascribed as follows:

SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, NEBRASKA

Beginning at the intersection of the south right-of-way line of State Highway 92 with the west section line of section 3, S. T. 21 N., R. 55 W.;

Thence south along the west section line of section 3 to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter section 2;

Thence east along the north line of the south half southwest quarter southwest quarter section 3 to the northeast corner of the south half southwest quarter southwest quarter section 3;

Thence south along the east line of the south half southwest quarter southwest quarter section 3 and the east line of the northwest quarter northwest quarter section 10 said township and range to the south right-of-way line of an improved county road;

Thence westerly along the north right-of-way line of said road to a point due south of a point on the south line of section 4, said township and range, which is 800 feet west of the southeast corner of said section 4;

Thence north to said point on the south line of said section 4;

Thence west along said south line to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter southwest quarter section 4;

Thence north along the west line of said southeast quarter southwest quarter section 4 to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter section 4;

Thence northwesterly on a straight line to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter southwest quarter southwest quarter section 4;

Thence west along the south line of the north half south half section 4 and the south line of the south half south half section 5, said township and range to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter southwest quarter section 5;

Thence north along the west line of the east half west half section 5 to a point 25 feet south of the center line of the Scotts Bluff irrigation lateral;

Thence northeasterly along a line 25 feet from and parallel to, said lateral to the south line of section 32, T. 22 N., R. 55 W.;

Thence east along said south said south line of section 32 to the west rim of the major gully running northwesterly through said section 32;

Thence northerly and westerly along the west rim of said gully to the south right-of-way line of State Highway 92, and continuing across said highway to the north right-of-way line;

Thence northwesterly along said north right-of-way line to the west rim of the west fork of the major gully;

Thence northeasterly along the west rim of said gully to a point on the north line of the south half south half section 29, said township and range, being the northwest corner of the northeast quarter southeast quarter southwest quarter section 29;

Thence east approximately 1,600 feet along the north line of the south half south half section 29, across said gully to the old fence line on the west rim of another major gully running northerly and easterly through the west half southeast quarter section 29;

Thence northerly and easterly along the west rim of the second major gully to the south right-of-way line of the Gering Canal;

Thence northerly and easterly along the west rim of the second major gully to the south right-of-way line of the Gering Canal to the correction line between sections 28 and 29;

Thence easterly and southerly along the said south right-of-way line approximately 800 feet to a point;

Thence northeasterly in a straight line 800 feet easterly from the parallel to the correction line between sections 28 and 29 across the Union Pacific Railroad to the main channel of the North Platte River;

Thence generally easterly following the main channel of the North Platte River along the north line of lots 7 and 6 in section 28 and lot 9 in section 27 to the east line of the southwest quarter section 27;

Thence south along the east line of the southwest quarter section 27 across the Union Pacific Railroad to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter southeast quarter southwest quarter section 27, being a point at the top of a cliff;

Thence southwesterly along the top of the said cliff to the north right-of-way line of the Gering Canal;

Thence westerly along said north right-of-way to the east line of the west half section 27;

Thence south along the east line of the west half west half section 27 and the east line of the west half west half section 34 across the Gering lateral to the west right-of-way line of the Gering lateral;

Thence southerly along the west right-of-way line of the Gering lateral through section 34, T. 22 N., R. 55 W., and section 3, T. 21 N., R. 55 W., to the east line of the west half west half said section 3;

Thence south along the east line of the west half west half section 3 across a major gully running southeasterly through the said west half west half section 3 to the south rim of said gully;

Thence westerly and southerly along the south rim of the south fork of the said gully to the west section line of section 3;

Thence south to the point of beginning.

Lands within the aforesaid boundary shall constitute the Scotts Bluff National Monument, and be administered in accordance with the provisions of the act entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat.5.5 as amended and supplemented.

Stewart L. Udall
Secretary of the Interior

December 10, 1962,
[F.R. Doc. 62-12403: Filed, Dec. 14, 1962 8:48 a.m.]


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