Chapter 186B

6/27/2008

Ch 186 Olmsted Roots                                 before potatoes it was Beantown 

Olmsted on Charles River 2001

Christie, probably the earliest aged Olmsted on these sacred waters, is second from stern (bottom). In the Youth Fours Women category her crew beat half of the entries at the prestigious Head of Charles Regatta Oct 21, 2001 in Boston with the Princeton University women beating Syracuse University to take first place.

 I actually bought this 2001 pic from SportsGraphics 8s

A year earlier is second from bow (RT). This was for the Shenendehowa HS.  They did remarkably well competing against some well established programs including college teams. Scull is pointing directly into Cambridge and Harvard near the pedestrian Weeks Bridge, like an omen pointing back to where Richard Olmsted probably had his house in 1632. (needs more research from Olmsteds-East)

Youth Eights - Sunday, 10:18 a.m. 10/22/2000

Women's Division

Course Record: St. Catherine's Rowing Club (1997)

1. Radcliffe Crew MA

2. South Niagara Rowing Club ONT

3. St. Catharines Rowing Club ONT

4. Univ. of Virginia VA

5. Boston University MA

6. Brown University RI

7. Yale University CT

8. Oregon Rowing Unlimited OR

9. Green Lake Crew WA

10. Thompson Boat Center DC

11. Friends of Detroit Rowing MI

12. Holy Names Academy HS WA

13. Winsor School HS MA

14. Burnt Hills Rowing Assn. HS NY

15. Community Rowing, Inc. MA

16. St. Anthony's Crew HS NY

17. St. Ursula Academy Crew HS OH

18. Augusta Junior Rowing Assoc. GA

19. Friends of Niskayuna HS NY

20. Friends of Shenendehowa Crew HS NY

21. Buckingham Browne & Nichols School HS MA

22. Northampton High Crew Club HS MA

23. Row As One Institute, Inc. MA

24. ZLAC Rowing Club CA

25. Bayside Rowing Club ONT

26. Tabor Academy HS MA

27. St. Andrew Rowing Club GA

28. Cold Spring Harbor Rowing Assoc. NY

29. Marin Rowing Assn. HS CA

30. Mt. Baker Rowing WA

31. Sagamore Rowing Assn. NY

32. Arlington Rowing Assn. HS NY

33. Shrewsbury High School Crew MA

34. Heritage Park Rowing Fdtn. CT

35. Upper Arlington Crew HS OH

36. Notre Dame Academy Rowing HS OH

37. Cambridge Rindge and Latin School HS MA

38. Serra/Notre Dame HS CA

39. Rochester Rowing Club HS NY

40. McCallie Girls' Prep School HS TN

41. Stanton College Prep Crew HS CT

Olmsted third from left 2001 Charles River

The Regattas are spectacular events along the Charles River's beautifully landscaped promenades by protégés of Fredrick Law Olmsted.

I don't even want to get into the immigrant issues I faced on my journey into Charlestown: Chapter 63 and Ch 66.

Olmsted Genealogy and links