The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . d in factthroughout all of the Southeast States liy the very nature of the exposition andby the thought that so great an enterprise in the South was to be devoted to theadvancement of these ideas. This Kx]-)osition would have been a worthy under-takine for anv cit\- and that
The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . d in factthroughout all of the Southeast States liy the very nature of the exposition andby the thought that so great an enterprise in the South was to be devoted to theadvancement of these ideas. This Kx]-)osition would have been a worthy under-takine for anv cit\- and that so small a citv as Knox\-ille should \enture to stagethe enterprise and then carrv it through must in itself have been inspiring to allthe peo])le of the Southland. The National Conservation Exposition was a worthy monument to the indus-try, perseverance in the face of many obstacles, keen intelligence and tireless zealof those who built it. The good whicli it must ha\-e accomplished has l^rought hon-or to them, to their citv, to the Appalachian region, and in fact to the nation, forevery part of otu country was touched by it. There was need that the work bedone. It was an undertaking which many who should have known declared wastoo great for so small a city. And yet Knoxville accom|)lished the task, accom])lished. GIFFORD PINCHOT PRESIDENT NATIONAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, CHAIRMAN ADVISORY BOARD NATIONAL CONSERVATION EXPOSITION THE IlRsr Jixiosir/ox oi- u il successfulh-, and placed a new mile stone in the road of ])ro,f^Tcss toward conscr-\ation. ^^o^e than that, this Exposition has opened a new road toward that .i^oal. Theteaching; of conservation thron^h expositions had heen onlv a lane before. I,xhi])itson conservation had heen made 1)\ a few hranches of the federal j^overnment asparts of ex])ositions directed primarily toward other ends. Phe institution of anexiiositioii devoted i)rimaril\- to this suhject has made this way of teaching apublic hi^iiwav of
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