National Conservation Exposition
[2] Inspired by the successes of Knoxville's Appalachian Expositions of 1910 and 1911, civic leaders sought to bring greater national exposure to the community with a third exhibition in 1913.President Woodrow Wilson addressed visitors via wireless transmission, and Governor Ben W. Hooper and Mayor Samuel G. Heiskell delivered speeches.[8] Among the visitors were Booker T. Washington, Helen Keller, William Jennings Bryan, Gifford Pinchot, and the Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore, Cardinal Gibbons.The content of the fair was mostly entertainment such as a mock coal mine explosion, moving pictures and John Robinson's "Herd of Trained Elephants".The conservation exhibits talked of progressive topics such as peak coal, the loss of topsoil due to poor farming techniques, and the value of wildlife.
expositionKnoxville, TennesseeconservationSoutheastern United StatesChilhowee ParkAppalachian ExpositionsNational Conservation CongressTennessee state legislatureLabor DayWoodrow WilsonBen W. HooperCharles I. BarberKnoxville CollegeBooker T. WashingtonHelen KellerWilliam Jennings BryanGifford PinchotCardinal Gibbonspeak coalGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkLloyd BransonAdelia Armstrong LutzCatherine WileyLizzie Crozier FrenchAnnie Riley HaleMadeline Rogero1982 World's FairList of world's fairsNational Conservation CommissionUnited StatesAmerican Institute FairExhibition of the Industry of All NationsCentennial ExpositionInternational Cotton ExpositionThe American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign NationsSouthern ExpositionWorld Cotton CentennialPiedmont ExpositionWorld's Columbian ExpositionCalifornia Midwinter International Exposition of 1894Cotton States and International Exposition (1895)Tennessee Centennial and International ExpositionTrans-Mississippi ExpositionGreater America ExpositionPan-American ExpositionSouth Carolina Inter-State and West Indian ExpositionLouisiana Purchase ExpositionLewis and Clark Centennial ExpositionJamestown ExpositionAlaska–Yukon–Pacific ExpositionHudson–Fulton CelebrationPanama–Pacific International ExpositionPanama–California ExpositionBronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and IndustriesSesquicentennial ExpositionCentury of ProgressCalifornia Pacific International ExpositionTexas Centennial Central Exposition (1936)Great Lakes ExpositionGreater Texas & Pan-American Exposition1939 New York World's FairGolden Gate International ExpositionCentury 21 Exposition1964 New York World's FairHemisFair '68Expo '741984 Louisiana World ExpositionWorld exhibitionsBureau International des ExpositionsLondon 1851Paris 1855London 1862Paris 1867Vienna 1873Philadelphia 1876Paris 1878Melbourne 1880Barcelona 1888Paris 1889Chicago 1893Brussels 1897Paris 1900St. Louis 1904Liège 1905Milan 1906Brussels 1910Turin 1911Ghent 1913San Francisco 1915Barcelona 1929Seville 1929Chicago 1933Brussels 1935Paris 1937New York 1939–1940Port-au-Prince 1949Brussels 1958Seattle 1962Montreal 1967Osaka 1970Chicago 1992Seville 1992Hannover 2000Aichi 2005Shanghai 2010Milan 2015Dubai 2020Osaka 2025Riyadh 2030Stockholm 1936Helsinki 1938Liège 1939Paris 1947Stockholm 1949Lyon 1949Lille 1951Jerusalem 1953Rome 1953Naples 1954Turin 1955Helsingborg 1955Beit Dagan 1956Berlin 1957Turin 1961Munich 1965San Antonio 1968