Leadville National Forest was established as the Leadville Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado on May 12, 1905 with 1,219,947 acres (4,936.95 km2). It became a national forest on March 4, 1907. On May 26, 1930 the entire forest was divided between Arapaho, Cochetopa and Pike National Forests and the name was discontinued.[1]
- ^ Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from the original (pdf) on October 28, 2012