gy. (8) Mining Gulch on Intramural Railway. (9) Administration
Building, section of anthropology.

The idea of raising a fund for the reproduction of "The Hermitage" as
the Tennessee State building originated with the commission appointed by
the governor of Tennessee to take charge of the participation of that
State. The secretary of the commission was directed by the commission to
inaugurate the movement. He began the agitation through the newspaper
press, and delivered addresses on the subject to the commercial bodies
of Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, and Jackson and to the
representatives of the commercial organizations of Nashville.
Intelligent zeal and persistent energy carried the enterprise to a
successful conclusion. The entire expense of constructing the building
and maintaining it was defrayed by voluntary contributions. It was
Tennessee's greatest single advertisement at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. "The Hermitage" was appropriately furnished with furniture
of the period in which Andrew Jackson lived, and a great many articles
of the original furniture owned by Jackson were exhibited in the
building.

In the Educational Building exhibit were displays from the city schools
of Bristol, Knoxville, Memphis, Chattanooga, and Jackson, and the public
schools of Knox, Hamilton, and Shelby counties were represented also.
The University of Tennessee, at Knoxville; Buford College, at Nashville;
Burritt College, at Spencer; Columbia Institute, at Columbia; Memphis,
at Memphis; Mrs. Forest Nixon, Centreville; Roger Williams University,
at Nashville; Southern School of Photography, at McMinnville, and
Tennessee Industrial School, at Nashville, were all represented by
highly creditable exhibits.

The entire forestry interests of the State were represented in the
forestry exhibit, which was collected from every portion of the State.

There were 94 different producers represented in the horticultural
exhibit. The display of horticultural products was collected from every
part of the State, and Tennessee was surpassed by few in the character
and quality of her products.

There were 266 contributors to the agricultural exhibit, representing
every strictly agricultural product, except tobacco, which was
represented in a special exhibit. There were 187 exhibitors represented
in the special tobacco exhibit, and these exhibits covered the tobacco
production and industry of every county in the State. The collective
exh