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General View of Fort Boonesboro -The Kentucky State Building

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                   ltentuchx'
                       AT THE

jamestown teroCentennial rpoittion



        APRIL 26 TO NOVEMBER 30. 1907

                La IReport
                FROM THE
ikentuckV 3amestown Expositton Commission

                 Written By
            C. C. OUSLEY, Secretary

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           HE Kentucky Jamestown Exposition Commission, a duly incorporated associa-
              tion under the laws of this State, has completed the duties which it was organ-
              ized to perform. In considering how successful were its efforts, it is believed
              the citizens of Kentucky will take into due consideration the various disad-
              vantages by which the Commission was confronted in its effort to obtain a fund
whereby the State might be adequately represented at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial
Exposition.
    Report of the Commission's stewardship is now made to those persons who have a right
to consider themselves most interested, namely, those individuals, firms and corporations
subscribing money to the Commission's fund and those who gave other substantial assistance
in this work.

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    The Kentucky Commission collected a total of 25,114.31. It expended a total of 22,769.98.
The excess of receipts over expenditures was 2,344.33. The   Commission, after due
consideration, unanimously decided that the surplus of funds in its hands should be returned
pro rata to those interests which made the original subscriptions. The basis on which the re-
fund is made, is a total subscription of 23,443.31. The additional 1,671.00 was made up of
two items which do not enter into account in the refund of the surplus. One of these items is
778.85 received from the school children of the State and devoted to a special fund which was
consumed in its entirety in connection with the erection of the Kentucky Building. The re-
maining 892.15 was money received from the sale of the building and other credits. Thus,
computing from the total subscriptions credited to the Division of Finance-minus contribu-
tions under one dollar each-and the total surplus in the hands of the Commission, a refund
of ten cents on the dollar is possible and has been made.
    No refund has been made on subscriptions of less than 5.00 each. In the preparation
of this report, it was necessary to make a limited number of estimates on expenditures in-
curred in prosecuting the refund of surplus. It is also reasonable to suppose that some of the
subscribers to whom a refund has been made will not surrender their checks in the time given
them.
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    The aggregate sum remaining in the treasury of the Commission as a result of these un-
refunded portions of subscriptions less than 5.00, of the excess in estimation over actual ex-
penditures and of the unsurrendered checks will be promptly turned over to the Treasury of
the Kentucky State Development Association, the parent organization of the Kentucky Com-
mission.
    The report of the Secretary of the Commission, giving in detail the operations of this as-
sociation since its organization, is herewith presented. Accompanying it are various financial
statements which will, no doubt, prove of interest to the general public.
    No attempt has been made to enter into minute details on either the items of subscriptions
received or on moneys expended. The Commission has kept a complete record of all receipts
and expenditures and the Commission books will remain open to inspection for some time to
come. They may be seen at any time by application to the Treasurer or to the Secretary of
the Commission. All accounts of these two officials have been audited and reported to be cor-
rect.                                                               &,  


                                                       President Kentucky Commission.

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Center House and Stockade-Fort Boonesboro

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            LUCK and energy carried Kentucky to the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposi-
              tion in 1907. Just as the world loves a lover, it also asserts its admiration for
              perseverance and determination. Here partially is the secret source of the es-
              teem in which this State's offering was held at the Exposition. For surely no
              other Commonwealth there represented was more conspicuously and eontinu-
ously in the public's eye and mind and on its tongue.
    From the day of the selection of the members of the Kentucky State Commission it was
evident to their fellow citizens that the desire uppermost in the minds of the Commissioners
was that Kentucky should make at the Exposition a showing in keeping with its dignity as a
Commonwealth of varied resources. Visitors to the Ter-Centennial learned early of this de-
sire and its fulfillment and they were not miserly in the bestowal of their approval. The only
reward the members of the Commission have commanded for their efforts has been the con-
sciousness of duty faithfully performed. It was the intention to absolutely exploit the prod-
ucts and resources and the hospitality of Kentucky. It is sought through the related facts
which follow to successfully fortify the declaration that the intent was carried out.
    But in addition to this, Kentucky brought home from the Exposition collateral proof, as

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it were, of the goodness of her representation in the way of eleven gold, thirteen silver and
thirteen bronze medals presented by the Jury of Awards of the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Ex-
position. Those awards follow:

                                    Gohb MOMebaI.

    Kentucky Commission-White burlev and dark tobacco.
    Kentucky Commission-Hemp.
    Kentucky Commission-Collective forestrv exhibit.
    Anderson Box & Basket Co., Henderson-Shipping crates and baskets.
    Ballard & Ballard Co., Louisville-"Obelisk" flour.
    Ballard & Ballard Co., Louisville-Industrial betterment work, illustrated by lantern
slides and lectures.
    Mrs. Nathalie Buchanan, Louisville-Pickles, condiments, relishes, brandied fruits, fruit
cake and mince meat.
    Beckwith Organ Co., Louisville- Beckwith reed organs.
    Green River Distilling Co., Owensboro-"Green River" whiskey.
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    National Casket Co., Louisville-Burial caskets, garments, hardware and funeral direct-
ors' supplies.
    Turner, Day & Woolworth Handle Co., Louisville-Axe and tool handles.


                                    tilver MUebal.


    Kentucky Commission-Collective exhibit of corn.
    Kentucky Commission-Collective mineral exhibit.
    B. F. Avery & Sons, Louisville-Plow stock.
    Ballard & Ballard Co., Louisville-Booth installation.
    Beckwith Organ Co., Louisville-Booth installation.
    Rufus Jordan, Henderson-Tobacco.
    Dr. I. W. McGinnis, Newcastle-White burley tobacco.
    Moran Flexible Steam Joint Co., Louisville-Flexible joints.
    National Casket Co., Louisville-Installation.
    Pratt & Worthington Co., Crofton-Wagon stock.
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   St. Bernard Mining Co., Earlington-Grasses and grains.
   St. Bernard Afinr  &0., Earlington-Timber specimens and photographic illustrations of
forest growth.
   Wadsworth Stone & Paving Co., Edmonson county-"Standard" Kentucky rock asphalt
mastic, and Kentucky rock asphalt.

                                 lBron3e Mebal.

   Kentuckv Commission-Colleetive agricultural exhibit.
   G. F. Carr, Lexington-Incubator and bread maker.
   Geo. Colin & Co., Louisville-"Three Crown" whiskey.
   Mrs. Fowler, Henderson-Hair work.
   German lithographic Stone Co., Louisville-Lithographic stone.
   Hawesville Hub & Manufacturing Co., Hawesville-Wooden hubs.
   Henderson Public School. Henderson-Class room and industrial work.
   Mrs. Sallie Price Lewis, William's Bridge-Suit of underwear.
   Nolin Asphalt, Coal & Navigation Co., Edmonson county-Asphalt rock.

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Ohio Valley Pulley Works, Maysville-All wood pulleys.
William Sutton, Henderson-Tobacco.
Henry Vogt Machine Co., Louisville-Model of water tube steam boiler.
Wood, Stubbs & Co., Louisville-Field and garden seeds.




















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Launching                WENTY-FIVE different States of the Union were represented at the World's
   of th.e                Fair of 1907 with buildings or exhibits, or both. Not one of them aspiring to
   Worl                    eoinplete  l-presentation with both a State building and exhibits, except Ken-
                           tuckv, came without legislative aid, either in whole or in part. The General As-
                           semblv of this State provided for the Commonwealth's representation at the St.
             Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, and other expositions, but in this instance it failed. This fail-
             ure was one those occasional peculiar legislative disappointments, for when the General As-
             semnblv met in .January, 1906. there was a decided sentiment favorable to the proposition. It
             remained for the State Development Convention, held in Winchester, October 14, 15 and 16,
             1906. to remedy the sin of omission on the part of the law-makers of Kentucky. The Conven-
             tion did this by the election of the Kentucky Commission.
                The instructions were that Kentucky must be represented at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial
             Exposition. One month after this convention, on November 15, 1906, the Kentucky Jamestown
             Exposition Commission was incorporated, and Col. J. Stoddard Johnston was elected Presi-
             dent. At the same time the Commission elected a treasurer and a secretary. The individuals
             composing the organization were honored by Gov. J. C. W. Beckham with official commissions
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to carry out their duties. After some three months of service as the chief executive of the
Commission, Col. Johnston found it necessary to relinquish the office on account of the demands
of private duties, and Mr. John B. Atkinson was elected President to succeed him. From that
time on the personnel of the Commission remained as follows:


                             Voar' of Commitfioners.


                     JOHN B. ATKINSON, Earlington,
                         President and Director of Finance.
                     CHARLES E. HOGE, Frankfort,
                         Vice President and Director of State Build-
                           ing Construction.
                     J. STODDARD JOHNSTON, Louisville.
                     MALCOLM H. CRUMP, Bowling Green,
                         Director of Forestry Exhibits.
                     JAMES M. BENTON, Winchester,
                         Director of Exhibits of Manufactures.
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I4onorarV Members.



IHUBERT \REELAN-D, Frankfort,
    State Commissioner of Agriculture,
    I)ireetor of Agrieultural and Horticultural
      E'xhlibits.

.J. 11. FUQUA, Frankfort,
    State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
      tion,
   Director of Educational Exhibits.



CHARLES J. NORWOOD, Lexington,
    Director of State Geological Survey,
    Director of Mineral Exhibits.

WILLIAM LINDSAY, Frankfort,
    Director of Exhibits of an Historical Na-
      ture, Art, and Literature.

C. C. OUSLEY, Louisville,
    Secretary.



LOGAN- C. lMURRAY, Louisville,
    Treasurer.

    Even before the Kentucky Jamestown Exposition Commission was organized, in fact, at
the Winchester Convention, it was agreed that the Kentucky Building at the Ter-Centennial
should be a reproduction of Fort Boonesboro, the pioneer settlement of Kentucky. The Com-
mission never for an instant wavered from this idea and the result was that the visitors who
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-Sitting Room" in the Center House

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later came to the World's Fair were practically unanimous in the expression that this Com-
monwealth had there the most unique, inviting and appropriate State structure within the con-
fines of the Exposition. So important was this decision on the part of the Commission to pre-
sent to Kentuckians and the world at large this historical object lesson that in this connec-
tion it seems worth while to quote at some length from an article on the subject recently
written by Col. Johnston. In this article he says:
    "The Commission's decision to reproduce the Fort at Boonesborough, erected in 1775 by
Daniel Boone at the mouth of Otter Creek in Madison county, on the south bank of the Ken-
tucky river, about a mile below the bridge where the Knoxville branch of the
L. & N. Railroad crosses the stream, not only comported well with their limited
available means, but embodied a lesson in Kentucky history too little understood by the present
generation and well worthy of such practical illustration. It is a very common error, even
among our own people, to think that the West, and especially Kentucky, as the pioneer in trans-
Allegliany immigration, owed its settlement to ignorant adventurers or unlettered hunters.
The contrary is well illustrated in the composition of the party of six from the Yadkin river,
North Carolina, of whom Daniel Boone formed one, which came to Kentucky in 1769, from
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which may be said to have resulted its first permanent settlement. Boone was by no means an
illiterate man without other qualities than those of the hunter or mere adventurer.
    "His ancestors were Quakers, who came in 1717 from Devonshire county, England, and
settled in Berks county, Pennsylvania. The substantial stone house in which Daniel Boone
was born, October 22, 1733, still standing, indicates that his father was a man of substance,
while it is known that a cousin of Boone's was a professor of mathematics. Judged by the
spelling of Daniel Boone in his letters extant, as compared with the present standard, he has
been regarded as illiterate) but his errors were chiefly due to the difference in the methods
then existing, when pigs was spelled with two g's, complete, compleat, and the use of capital
letters was not confined to proper names. Of Boone's companions on this trip, John Finley
was the ancestor of Samuel B. Finley Morse, inventor of the telegraph, and John Stewart, of
Charles Stewart Todd, a distinguished officer of the War of 1812, and Minister to Russia by
appointment of President Harrison. Of the others not much is known, but the fact is well at-
tested that the party had with them a copy of 'Gulliver's Travels,' which Boone in a deposi-
tion of record states that they read for their amusement.
    "A further evidence of the estimate placed upon Boone's capacity by his contemporaries,
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not generally known, is the fact that he was twice a member of the Virginia House of Bur-
gesses, the first time from Fayette county, Ky., in 1781, the year after the county was formed.
The second time was from Kanawha county, Va., in 1791, to which he had moved with his fam-
ily in 1786, of which two last facts there is no mention in Kentucky history. His service as leg-
islator is verified by the official record of the proceedings of the House of Burgesses. lie re-
moved to Calloway county, Mlo., in 1779, and died there September 26, 1820.
    "But the history of the fort sufficiently attests the substantial character of those wio Iirst
planted civilization in the West. In March, 1775, a company of nine gentlemen of substative
from North Carolina, headed by Richard Henderson, prominent for his acquirements and ser-
vices, bought by treaty at Watauga, in East Tennessee, from the Cherokee Indians for 10,000)
pounds sterling, all that part of Kentucky lying south of the Kentucky river, estimated at 17,-
000,000 acres. With a view to the immediate occupation of the acquired territory, Ianiel
Boone was sent with a party, escorted by a company under Captain Twetty, to build a fort
at the mouth of Otter creek, and when Col. Henderson and a party of fifty reached that point
a month later, he found the fort nearly completed.
    "It was not a rude temporary fort, but a substantial structure erected aeeording to well
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devised plans of an architect furnished by Henderson, the originals of which, with Hender-
son's autograph. are preserved in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, the
capital. This accounts for the fact that through the four or five succeeding years the fort
resisted all attempts for its capture or destruction, including two sieges, one of which was by
500 Indians and Canadians. Had it succumbed to these attacks, made as they were at this
most critical period of the Revolutionary War, the frontier would have been driven back, as
it was in 1795 bv the defeat of Braddock, near Pittsburg, beyond the Blue Ridge, and Washing-
ton, in addition to the British lines in his front, would have had another in his rear. This
emphasizes greatly the historic interest of the Boonesborough Fort as an agency not only in
the settlement of the West, but in the success of the Revolutionary War."










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HOSTESSES AT THE KENTUCKY BUILDING



Mrs. Mary C. Haycraft    Mrs. Jam(
         Mrs. J. P. Hobson
             Mrs. Charles J. Norwood



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ton      Mrs. Mary A. Cunningham
     Mrs. W. H. Coffman
Mrs. Hubert Vreeland

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           ONEY with which to carry on the work was of course the all-important subject  How the
              for the consideration of the State Commission. It was determined to at once  Money was
              launch a campaign for funds. For a period of five and a half months this cam-  Raised
        ! paign was prosecuted with the utmost vigor. It was started with a general ap-
              peal through the press of the entire State. It is doubtful whether any Com-
amonwealth can boast of a more patriotic press than that possessed by Kentucky. Practically
without an exception, the newspapers of the entire State came forward with generosity and
spirit and assisted in the enterprise. They were as persistent as they were generous of their
spaee, and throughout the entire time funds were being sought the newspapers furnished as-
sistance of greatest value. It was estimated that a creditable showing on the part of Ken-
tucky could be made for 40,000 and this was the sumn sought.
    The next step in the campaign for funds was a canvass through the mails and in many
parts of the State by personal solicitation. Those persons who some four years before had
evidenced their public spirit by subscribing to the fund sought to aid Kentucky to participate
in the proposed Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis were again appealed to. Bus-
iness institutions and individuals in every part of the State were asked to come to the aid of

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the movement. Under the direction of Mr. John G. Winn, of -ft. Sterling, President of the
Kentucky Bankers' Association, an organized and special canvass of the banks was made. It
was argued that the general development of Kentucky would be aided by the State's partici-
pation in the Ter-Centennial-thus exploiting before a new audience Kentucky's possibilities-
and it was further maintained that the banks must necessarily be among the first institu-
tions to reap direct rewards from any increased prosperity. Following this, the various com-
mercial clubs and similar public organizations were interested in the work, and they, too, did
valiant service.
    With some attemnpt to discuss affairs in their chronological order, it is well at this place
to mention the assistance given by the school pupils and teachers of Kentucky. It is one of
those delightful features in connection with the movement which is worthy of much attention.
After the school pupils of the State had done their work, the fact was exploited far and wide
and no incident in connection with Kentucky's participation in the Exposition or its prepara-
tion for that participation aroused more widespread commendation than this exercise of pa-
triotism on the part of these citizens of the future.
    Prof. James H. Fuqua. Superintendent of Public Instruction and a member of this Com-

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mission, set apart Wednesday, December 12, 1906, as "Jamestown and Boonesboro Day" in
the schools of the State. Every teacher in the Commonwealth was requested to devote a por-
tion of the school day to the reading of compositions and historical sketches bearing on the
first English settlement in America and on events associated with the life of Kentucky's
famous pioneer. At the same time the pupils of the schools were invited to bring contributions
to the building fund sought by this Commission. It was provided that the children should
contribute in accordance with a scale governed by ages which fixed the maximum from any
cue pupil at five cents. Contributions were in every instance absolutely voluntary. It was fur-
ther agreed that such money as was contributed by the school pupils should be devoted exclu-
sivelv towards the erection of a replica of Fort Boonesboro as the Kentucky Building. The
Commission set these contributions aside in a special fund and the total subscribed by the pu-
pils, amounting to 778.85, was devoted entirely to the purpose announced.
    Careful record was kept of the names, so far as they were obtained, of the pupils aiding
in the collection of the fund and these rolls of honor furnished one of the imposing and much
sought after exhibits in the State Building during the Exposition period. In a few instances
it was found necessary to postpone the collection of contributions to a later date than Decem-
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ber 12. One notable instance was in the public schools of Louisville where the observance
came two days later.  To add zest and spirit to the occasion, the Louisville Free Public
Library offered cash prizes for the best compositions on the Jamestown Colony and for the best
drawings and sketches of Fort Boonesboro. The entries in these contests, made by grades,
were later collected and bound into several volumes which were loaned to the Commission for
the Exposition period. These, too, proved a source of great delight and entertainment to the
thousands of visitors who later enjoyed the hospitality of the Fort Boonesboro of 1907.
    It is believed that this display of patriotic interest on the part of the school children is
of sufficient importance to warrant an itemized statement of the contributions made in this
manner. In later pages of this volume will be found a list, detailing the contributions as they
were received from the cities, towns and counties.
    It was argued from the start that Kentucky had a peculiar duty to perform in connection
with this Exposition. The Bluegrass State, above all others, could not justify her absence
from a world's fair held on the soil of Virginia, whose first and foremost daughter Kentucky
is. This idea, coupled with a sensible commercial argument that splendid advantages would
be offered for the exploitation of the products and resources of Kentucky, found many cham-
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"Sitting Room" with the Old Bedstead

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pions throughout the Commonwealth and made notal)le the campaign l)y counties. It was one
of the last stages in the canvass for funds. In some instances the counties represented the
corporate homes of subscribers whose interests covered many different counties.
    Leading citizens throughout the State agreed to serve as Vice-chairmen of the Division of
Finance in their respective counties. Other equally patriotic and public-spirited men came
to their assistance and aided in the collection of funds, not only by their individual gifts, but
by energetic work as well. The result of these services is summarized in a table appearing fur-
tiler on and recording by counties the subscriptions to the fund.
    Owing to the continuous demand made upon citizens in every part of the State and the lim-
ited time at the command of the Commission, all of these efforts had not brought
forward a sum sufficiently large to enable the Board to carrv out its work in accordance with
its wishes and with a promise of the most fruitful results. The fiscal courts of the State were
then appealed to. The subject was brought to the attention of the Fiscal Court of Jefferson
county by a committee of prominent citizens of Louisville. It was pointed out that the Ken-
tucky Statutes authorized these courts to appropriate money for enterprises which would
serve to advertise their communities and to bring in immigrants.  These objects were

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essentially uppermost in the purposes to be promoted by Kentucky's participation in the en-
terprise. The result of the Committee's efforts was the appropriation of 5,000 by the .Jeffer-
son Fiscal Court. This liberal action on the part of that organization was promptly approved
by fiscal courts in other counties which came forward with liberal contributions, and thus sev-
eral thousand dollars were added to the fund. Mr. James Tandy Ellis, of Lexington, aided the
Commission niutlh at this stage of the campaign by appearing before different fiscal courts.
    Tile total contril)utions as a result of this campaign for funds amounted to 23,451.43.















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            ETWEEN the day on which the Commission was organized and incorporated and  Selection
              the opening of the Jamestown Exposition on April 2(, 1907, less than fivee and  of Building
              one-lhalf months elapsed. As was pointed out in a report made hy the Coninmis-  Site
              sion to the Kentucky State Development Convention last November, it was at all
              times necessary for the Commission to speculate on whether its prospe(tive
finances would warrant the expenditures it desired to make in connection with the State Build-
ing and exhibits. While other State Commissions had in their respective treasuries the exact
surm they expected to spend and could thus readily proceed with their plans, it was necessary,
as President Atkinson explained to his associates, to cut the garment to fit the clotli. And it
nmist be remembered the cloth was passing from the loom as the garment was being m11ade.
    During the last three months prior to the opening of the Exposition the Commission
divided its attention between the canvass for funds and the collection of material for the pro-
posed Fort Boonesboro and the gathering of exhibits. Mr. Kenneth McDonald, a Louisville
architect, prepared plans and blue-prints for the building and presented them gratuitously to
the Commission. He had before him sketches frorm original drawings by Col. Richard Ilender-
son, the contemporary of Boone. Modifications were made to suit the location and the puir-
poses of the Fort of 1907.
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    Kentucky's mineral exhibit was made up in a large measure from the collection in the
Museum of the State Geologieal Survey. Prof. Charles J. Norwood, Director of the Survey and
n member of the Comnmission, devoted his personal attention to the assembling of a proper
exhibit, an(d with plans of the Mines and Metallurgy Building before him, designed the Ken-
tucky collection. Later he sent to the Exposition AMr. A. G. Spillman, his chief assistant, to
install the exhibit. Considerable attention was devoted to the collection of the forestry and
agricultural exhibit bv Mr. J. B. Walker, of IHopkinsville, who later assisted in the installment
of the display and remained for some months at the Ter-Centennial in charge of the exhibit.
    Elvery log in Fort Boonesboro came from Kentucky. The clapboards with which the
roofs of the various houses in the Fort were thatched came from Kentucky. Here again the
generosity of the Bluegrass State's citizens was displayed, as almost all of the logs were
gratuitously contributed for the purpose. Herewith is given a list by counties of those per-
sons who thus so substantially displayed their interest in the undertaking:

    Boyd County-Col. Douglas Putnam.
    Christian County-Dr. J. D. Clardy, J. R. Caurdle, J. C. Gary, R. C. Gary, A. H. Wallace.


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.J. \V. Riley, C. L. Dade, G. H. Stowe, G. L. Campbell, J. J. VanCleave, Ben Moore, Jr., W. 11.
Gary, D. I1. Armstrong, J. B. Trice, Robert Shelton, S. F. Holloway, J. B. Walker.
    Johnson County-John E. Buckingham, W. L. Mayo. .James I. Turner.
    Madison County-E-. L. Stevens, George W. Bentley.
    Mclean County-L. P'. Downs, Roscoe I. Downs.
    Powell County-P. Y. Drake.
    Rockeastle County-David G. Martin.
    Warren County-John B. Floyd, J. M. nMassev, G. E. Speck, W. L. Simpson, Joe W. Cole,
.John C. Glenn, S. P. Glenn, J. S. Hunt, Tim Miller, Tim Young, J. E. Boulton, Chas. G. Daven-
port, B. F. Proctor, H. P. Cartwright, Charles Roemer, Murphy Bros.
   Wolfe County-John C. M. Day.
   The site for the Kentucky Building was selected in December, 1906, and its dedication was
conducted without ceremony. A committee, composed of Messrs. Hoge and Crump, members
of the Commission, and the Secretary, visited Norfolk and unanimously agreed that the ideal
spot for the proposed structure was a pine grove at the western extremity of the Exposition
grounds. This land did not belong to the Jamestown Exposition Company. The owner was

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the Norfolk and Hampton Roads Company, which donated the use of the grove to the Ex-
position Company for the period of the Ter-Centennial, and the plot had already been incor-
porate(l in the Exposition grounds. At the western extremity of this plot began the board
wvalkl which extended along the shores of Hampton Roads for a distance of about one and a
half niiles to the other extremity of the Exposition grounds. One of the main gates of the Ex-
position was established across this board walk and beyond was the "Deepwater Pier." At
this pier and at Pine Beach Pier, further to the south, landed all visitors who came to the Ex-
position directly by boat. When the Committee had selected this site, which selection was
later unanimously approved by the Commission, it became necessary to get the consent of the
Norfolk and Hampton Roads Company, as well as that of the Exposition Company, for the
location of the State Building here.
    By this means the Kentucky Commission was given, free of charge, a right to use the space
occupied by its building during the Exposition period, and three months were allowed after
the close of the Exposition in which to remove the building should it become necessary. A
difference was thus made between the attitude of Kentucky and that of other States towards
the Exposition Company. In all other instances the State Commissions were given options
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