Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-22
The 1907 Exposition at Jamestown.

| The 1907 Exposition at jamestown.
| The death of General Fitzhugh Lee,
| who was at the head of the committee
| in charge of the jamestown exposition
| in 1907, caused only temporary lull III
| the plans and preparations. The work
| is going steadily forward and there is
| every promise that the 3OOth annlvers-
airy of the first permanent English set
Element on the western hemisphere will
be fittingly COMMUNICATED. The affair
| will begin May 10, 1907, and end not
later than November l. EX-president
Cleveland has agreed to head the adj
yisory board for the exposition, to be
composed of 100 leading men and
women of the United States. Much is
said in praise of the site of the expOsi-
ton, as surprising that Of Chicago and
st. Louis. In includes about $50 acres
lying directly on the curving beach
which is washed by the waters of the
inlet called Hampton Roads. While
this reservation is level, it is diversified
by clusters of shrubbery, characters
tic of that section, and the beach is
lined with rows of tall palmtop pines.
In various parts of the grounds there
are squares of apple trees. All these
will be preserved, of course. One of
the board of governors of the EXPOSE
ton, in asking Gov. Wartield of Mary
land in his message to advise an APP
preparation of 100000 by that state,
points out the beautiful scene which
may be expected when the exposition
opens. He thus depicts:
The luxurious vegetation will be
bright with spring colors and the apple
trees will be laden with fragrant bloom
and redolent with perfume. A typical
southern scene, indeed. 1t is the pur-
pose of the exposition officials to retain
as much of the naturalness of the site
as possible. The main thoroughfares
mtersecting the grounds will be thanked
by Sequestered retreats and walks.
which will be given such appealing
names as Lovers Lane and Lovers
Retreat" One end of the beach will
be supplied with modern bathing faCili-
ties, so that the visitors may enjoy all
the pleasures of a summer resort III
connection with seeing the exposition.
Where the Maryland building will be
crested one may stand at its front en-
trance and view the broad cXpansc of
Hampton Roads. where was fought the
epoch-making battle between the Mont
tor and the Merrimac, the first contest
between armOred vessels, and where
will ride in splendid array. with squa-
drOn of Uncle Sans, fleets from all the
nations having navies. From the same
point. with the aid of ordinary field
glasses, Old Point Comfort will b..
plainly visible. The parade grounds,
which will front the Virginia Maryland
and Georgia buildings, contain about so
acres, which lie as level as floor
There all the civic and military exer-
cises will take place. What at Chicago
was known as the Midway, and at st.
Louis as the Pike. will at the James
town exposition be called the Warpath,
name chosen by Gen. FitZhugh Lee.
In giving it a name he wished to con-
form to historical appropriateness. and
as Indians once assembled there in
great numbers, he selected two words
trail and warpath. finally deciding on
the latter. An interesting object on the
lower end of the exposition grounds is
an old brick dwelling. Engineer w F.,
Manning. who is laying out the
grounds. and who is all acknowledged
expert i'm his work. says that it vas
erected in 1910. and claims that it is
the oldest building of the kind on this
side of the water. 1t will be preserved
as one of the sights of the exposition.
Work is being pushed on the grounds
AS rapidly as possible.