Title	Joseph Buckner Killebrew
Description	Col. J. B. Killebrew. The image is contained on page 30 of the "Official Guide to the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition."
Historical Note	Joseph Buckner Killebrew (1831-1906) was a New South advocate and Tennessee's first Commissioner of Agriculture. In his writings and speeches, he advocated the improvement and extension of public education, encouraged immigration to the South, the; development of natural resources for industrialization, and improvement of agriculture, including the break up of large landholdings, the diversification of crops, enrichment of soil, and a program to attract European immigration to farm unoccupied land.
Date	1897
Place	Nashville (Tenn.)
Creator	Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
Publisher	Marshall & Bruce
PubPlace	Nashville (Tenn.)
Collection	Library Collection
Subjects - LCSH	Agriculture; Killebrew, J. B. (James Buckner), 1831-1906; Montgomery County (Tenn.)
Subjects - TGM	People associated with agriculture Plantation owners Farmers' groups Administrative agencies Iron industry Monuments & memorials Journalists Emigration & immigration Bas-reliefs
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	33788
Digital Type	Still Image
Digital Format	Image/jp2
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