Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§448 Pioneer National Monument; establishment
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXI— - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 448
Summary
When the United States owns the lands of Fort Boonesborough, Boones Station, Bryans Station, and Blue Licks Battlefield — separate tracts to be joined by a Memorial Highway — and any historic buildings or remains the Secretary of the Interior selects, the President must set them aside for preservation. The area will be named "Pioneer National Monument" to preserve the sites and inspire the public.
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Title 16, §448
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When title to the sites of Fort Boonesborough, Boones Station, Bryans Station, and Blue Licks Battlefield, in the State of Kentucky, comprising noncontiguous tracts to be united by a Memorial Highway, together with such historical structures and remains thereon, as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary or desirable for national-monument purposes and for the proper commemoration of the valor and sacrifices of the pioneers of “the West”, shall have been vested in the United States, said areas and improvements shall be designated and set apart by proclamation of the President for preservation as a national monument for the benefit and inspiration of the people, and shall be called the “Pioneer National Monument.”
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16 U.S.C. § 448
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73