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the Survey was revived. Dr. John C. Branner was appointed State 

 Geologist, and served in this capacity to the end of the term set by the 

 legislature, namely, 1893. 



Time will not permit of more than a passing mention of the splendid 

 reports of Doctor Branner and his colleagues and those of Prof. A. H. 

 Purdue, his successor, who, as Professor of Geology in the State Univer- 

 sity, was by legislative act made State Geologist, ex officio, in 1907. So 

 also we must pass over the excellent work of Gilbert Harris and A. C. 

 Veatch in southern Arkansas and adjacent parts of Louisiana. 



TENNESSEE 



Mention has already been made of the first Geological Survey of Ten- 

 nessee, 1831-1850. A second survey was authorized by the legislature of 

 1854 and Dr. James M. Safford was appointed State Geologist. Doctor 

 Safford published a preliminary report in 1856. In February, 1860, it 

 was thought desirable to publish a full report on the geology of the state 

 so far as it was practicable to do so, and this report was begun then, but 

 the war came on before the work had progressed very far and put a stop 

 to it. In 1868 the legislature again authorized the preparation of the 

 full report, which was published, with geological map and some illustra- 

 tions, in 1869. Doctor Safford continued nominally as State Geologist, 

 but without appropriations, until a few years before his death, which 

 occurred on July 3, 1907. 



In his final report Doc'tor Safford treats in Part I of the physical fea- 

 tures of the state ; in Part II of the geological structure and formations ; 

 in Part III of the minerals and rocks of special use, and in Part lY of 

 the soils and agricultural features. While the Doctor states that this 

 report is not a complete presentation of the geology of Tennessee, but 

 rather an introduction to such a presentation,, it still remains one of the 

 best of the state reports either north or south. 



Doctor Safford was one of the agents of the Tenth Census in 1880, and 

 prepared the reports on Tennessee and Kentucky for the Cotton Culture 

 Division directed by Doctor Hilgard. 



In the reports of the United States Geological Survey covering the 

 domain of Tennessee, one looks in vain for many of the familiar names 

 given by Doctor Safford. The "Knox Dolomite,^' I believe, has survived. 

 Now, while "a rose by any other name may smell as sweet," there is yet 

 much in a name to recall the excellence of this early work, and I think 

 we honor ourselves in honoring the pioneer. How much would easily be 

 possible in this direction by a great organization with autocratic power. 



A third Survey was authorized by the legislature in 1909. Dr. George 



