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<br />21. ,'irways. Denver is on6 of th0 key cdloir,istrr,ti.or conte,rs of
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<br />C..P..l. I~ep;ion E. nnd serves 0<.: an nirvTcys cor:mmnic~tion f'~nc trc.ffic control
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<br />\1entcr for the ge~8rr.l western tE!rritory. The United) ~'tT:~~st('rn, (;ontinm}t~,l"
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<br />Preniff. "nd Mountain Stc.,tes P,ir1i'1Gs provido pr,8scnger. froight . r,d !'.r,il
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<br />sGrvieo, both transconti'lC",td Gnd local.
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<br />22. WutoT1:io.yS. ThGro arc no y:utorrraJ1"s su ltnblo for COI!1..."D.crci::-.l navi-
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<br />Gation viithin tho South Platto River bc.si".
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<br />23. General. Thoro o.ro a~jpro::imr'.tGly .1~900 squ::.ro miles of public
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<br />land v<ithLl tho South Platte River basin. il1ol.udi"G nat ion~l forests
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<br />:'lnd parks, milit':.:.ry rosorvrJjions~ public domo..i~1, stc~tc lunds, c.!1d I:1uJ:_il,'iyul
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<br />parks, The no.tionul forests V,~erG cren.ted prirnc.ril:{ for 4:;ho prodnc":.icm :Jf
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<br />tir;-\bor :..J.nd for tl:o protection of -rn:ti:.crGhods. The li~coJ! Aro.puho'j ~ooso"1r8l-~,
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<br />Modi cino Boyt, Lnd Cochotopf.'. National Forests arc all 0:;:' partly includod ir..
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<br />the basinj ~l. total 0.1'0[', of about 2.700 squa.ro rr.il~~s. ..YDou-c 260 squD.r'0 r.:i~.es
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<br />of the Rocky I':Iou~ltain Nation::..l Park: o.rGD. ,is includod yfit:1Ll thD ,J-'..'-Sll1.
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<br />l~um.E:.~~JltS mill tary rOGorvCl..tions nru scaJ.::torod throughol.l.t tho basin" inclucli:1.~
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<br />LOV'lry Fiold and Bombing Ro.:lgc, Btlc.~c10Y fie 10" Fort Lo:;ar:" Fitzsimons GI.:mcral
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<br />Hospital" .chc DOl1vor OrunD.nee I)lo.nt, tho D;:j!lVOr r.,'lodicJ.l Depot" :1nd the
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<br />Rocky l-Iountcill Arsenal '~1car Denver) Fort Francis E. '...:al"re:'.1 noar E0:1.r C:~,'.;ycnne
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<br />and Sioux Orc,:uJ.nce Dopot neUr Sid..'1cJ.', Nebraska. T:.18 to-I.:;::.l aroa of' .J,::h0:30
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<br />military roservcctions is about 185 square !:',ilos.
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<br />24. Pub lie d amain, The federal Govel',cment he,,' 2.pproxil"c.toly 320
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<br />squ8.ro milos of una[li.Jropriatcd u:1d unreserved public land Ylithi.1 the. South
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<br />Platte basin. In addition to :cho oontrol anJ o"\ynership of sarface titles
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<br />to this land, th.J Gov:")rnn:Jnt controls the mil).cral deposits on con~,idornble
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<br />areas of land Wilich arc private IJ' o\"rnod. An accur:.-\tC' estimate of tl:.e to.',:;c.l
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<br />c:;:tont of such mincro.l rishts is not avc~ila.blc.
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<br />25. stato b.nds. Thu originr-l sohool l::md brant, in 18'i5. so.vc to
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