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.