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 . nd the fountain. In this building were housed most of the ])rincipal exhibits te;iching the con-ser\ation of natural resources, and one studying them carefullx- had almost theequal of a college education on those particular subjects. Conserwition of soil andforests, two of th
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 . nd the fountain. In this building were housed most of the ])rincipal exhibits te;iching the con-ser\ation of natural resources, and one studying them carefullx- had almost theequal of a college education on those particular subjects. Conserwition of soil andforests, two of the most inii)ortanl factors of the present civilization, were addition to this, one might gain a good knowledge of the many resources of theSouthern states, and how thev are being developed from the exhibits of the Sou-thern Railwa\-, Xorfolk X: Western Railway, and the Loui>\ille X: \ash\-ille Rail- road, Uee afreat railroad systems that have belted the South with their tracks. fi Upon entering the building, the visitor was first im])resse<l with the beauty ofthe appearance of everything, and the charming color harmony. In the lobby werea large number of hand-colored forestr\- pictures, and ])assing Irom this into themain part of the building, the Xorfolk & Western Railway exhibit stood on the. zg zg a: LtJ m zou < z o P<z < Q O oo H QUJQ < <en < I(J I HmIX uJ O z 5J 5 CQ en UJ H< St; z a: UJ IO riiii IiRsr lixrosrnox or 125 left of the entrance and llie Louisville and Xaslnille i\ailroad exhibit to the right,while lookino- throiis^h the center of the huildin.;^ the \isitor saw the fountainand the exhibit of the v^oulhern Railway at the extreme rear. ( )n the sides of thebuilding were the forestry and soil exhibits mi the ri^iil. and the i^ood roads, i)urefood and dru,<^s exhibits on the left, together with one or two commercial exhibitsthat had some relation to the large governmeni exhibits. SOUTHERN STATES BUIL
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