Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1913 — CABIN IN WHICH FAMOUS SEA FIGHTER WAS BORN NEAR KNOXVILLE, TENN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CABIN IN WHICH FAMOUS SEA FIGHTER WAS BORN NEAR KNOXVILLE, TENN.

ONE of the interesting things to see on the grounds of the National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville, Tenn., this Fall is the little old log cabin In which Admiral Farragut, that famous Union sea fighter, was born near Knoxville. Farragut in the dark

days In the 60’s played his part in the defense of the Union as gallantly as did any man. His name has gone ringing down in the pages of history and his fame will live forever. Hjp birthplace as seen on the Conservation Exposition grounds is of peculiar interest to men and women at the North.