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President Announced the Transfer of 23 Additional Parcels of Federally Owned Land under President's Legacy of Parks Program [Notice to Press]
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Digitized from Box 12 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 17, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President today announced the transfer of 23 additional parcels
of Federally owned land in 18 states, with an estimated value of
$4, 098, 500 to cities, counties and states, under the President's
Legacy of Parks Program.
The announcement today brings to 544 the total number of properties,
valued at $213, 532, 676 and covering 76, 346 acres, that have been
transferred to all 50 states, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia since the
program's inception in 1971.
Some of today's properties include the Former United States Pavillion,
Expo'74, 4 acres, estimated value $1,000,000; a portion of U. S.
Army School/Traning Center at Fort McClellan, 185 acres, estimated value
$500,000; Lyman National Fish Hatchery at Lyman, Mississippi,
215 acres, value $450,000; a portion of Camp A. P. Hill in Caroline
County, Virginia, 942 acres, value $475,000; and Valley Forge
General Hospital in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 54 acres, value
$400,000.
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LEGACY OF PARKS PROPERTIES
Approximate
Estimated
Name, Location and Recipient
Acres
Value
U.S. Army School/Training Center
185
$ 500,000
Fort McClellan,
Calhoun County, Alabama
Recipient: City of Anniston
U.S. Forest Service Administrative Site,
1
15,000
Carbondale, Colorado
Recipient: Town of Carbondale
Ogeechee Stagefield,
95
44,000
Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield,
Chatham County, Georgia
Recipient: Chatham County
Lucky Peak Nursery, Ada County,
20
2,000
Idaho
Recipient: State of Idaho,
Department of Fish and Game
Grain Bin Site
2
2,500
Hancock County, Woden, Iowa
Recipient: Town of Woden
Portion, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
10
3,000
County, Kansas
Recipient: City of Leavenworth
Veterans Administration Center,
10
35,000
Leavenworth, Kansas
Recipient: City of Leavenworth
Fort Knox Military Reservation,
187
85,000
Meade County, Kentucky
Recipient: City of Louisville
Portion, Fort George G. Meade
36
360,000
Military Reservation,
Anne Arundel County, Md.
Recipient: Anne Arundel County
Boston Defense Area Housing Site,
2
27,000
Burlington, Massachusetts
Recipient: Town of Burlington
Fort Devens, NAV-AID Site,
0.055
500
Shirley, Massachusetts
Recipient: Town of Shirley
Lyman National Fish Hatchery
215
450,000
Lyman, Mississippi
Recipient: State of Mississippi
Game and Fish Commission
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Approximate
Estimated
Name, Location and Recipient
Acres
Value
Air Force Plant No. 65,
680
170,000
Newton County, Neosho, Missouri
Recipient: City of Neosho
Former Veterans Administration (Va)
79
300,000
Hospital Reservation,
Lyons, New Jersey
Recipient: Townships of Bernards
Wrightsville Beach Test Facility,
14
316,500
Wrightsville Beach,
New Hanover County, North Carolina
Recipient: Town of Wrightsville Beach
Valley Forge General Hospital
54
400,000
Chester County, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Recipient: Chester County
U.S. Naval Public Works Center,
3
30,000
Newport, Washington County, Rhode Island
Recipient: Town of Middletown
Portion, Fort Wolters,
0.5
13,000
Parker County, Texas
Recipient: City of Mineral Wells
Camp A.P. Hill, Caroline County,
942
475,000
Virginia
Recipient: Caroline County
Vancouver Family Housing Site,
8
230,000
Vancouver, Washington
Recipient: City of Vancouver
United States Coast Guard Depot,
2
210,000
Vancouver, Washington
Recipient: Department of the Interior
(National Park Service)
Former United State Pavillion, Expo'74
4
1,000,000
Spokane, Washington
Recipient: City of Spokane
Former Stadium Homes Property,
9
113,000
Seattle, Washington
Recipient: City of Seattle
TOTALS:
23 Properties
2,558.555
$ 4,781,500
CUMULATIVE TOTALS FOR LEGACY OF PARKS
544 Properties in 50 states, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia
76,346 Approximate Acreage
$213,532,676 Estimated Market Value
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