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	frederick law olmsted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Born in Hartford, Connecticut to a wealthy dry-goods merchant and the daughter of a farmer Olmsted was fascinated with nature from his youth.
		Olmsted's friend and mentor, Andrew Jackson Downing, the landscape architect from Newburgh, New York first proposed the development of Central Park as publisher of The Horticulturist magazine.
		It was Downing who introduced Olmsted to English-born architect Calvert Vaux; Downing had died a tragic death in 1852 and in his honor Olmsted and Vaux entered the Central Park design competition together and won.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /frederick_law_olmsted.html (514 words)

	Frederick Law Olmsted -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Olmsted took the view that the practice of slavery was, besides being morally odious, also expensive and economically inefficient.
		Olmsted and Vaux continued their informal partnership to design (Click link for more info and facts about Prospect Park in Brooklyn) Prospect Park in Brooklyn from 1866 to 1868, and other projects.
		Olmsted was a frequent collaborator with (United States architect (1838-1886)) Henry Hobson Richardson for whom he devised the landscaping schemes for half a dozen projects, including H.H. Richardson's commission for the Buffalo State Asylum.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/frederick_law_olmsted.htm (1888 words)

	Frederick Law Olmsted - Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frederick Law Olmsted is considered the father of the American park movement because of his strong influence in establishing parks throughout the nation.
		Olmsted was born in Hartford in 1822, the son of a dry-goods merchant.
		Olmsted saw the value of placing green, open spaces within cities, and was aware of the many problems that faced the country.
	www.bushnellpark.org /olmsted.html (545 words)

	Preservation
		Olmsted and the firm that continued his work after his retirement also designed several parkways and small neighborhood parks.
		When Olmsted suggested setting aside the land for Highland, Genesee Valley and Seneca Parks, some people thought it unnecessary to set aside so much land so far from the center of the city, in relatively undeveloped areas where open land was plentiful.
		As Olmsted expected, the parks were not on the fringes for very long, as the city quickly grew to surround them.
	www.landmarksociety.org /section.html?id=1&uid=53 (339 words)

	Camp Olmsted
		Olmsted Center is both a retreat and camp located on a 76 acre site in Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY and overlooking the scenic Hudson River.
		As testimony to the historical significance of Camp Olmsted, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
		Olmsted Retreat Center - a facility that provides children, youth and adults who come mostly from churches and not-for-profit organizations with a comfortable place to meet, participate in planned activities and lodge during the week and weekends throughout the year.
	www.campolmsted.org (250 words)

	National Park Service: Biography (Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.)
		Olmsted, Jr., began his career as his father's apprentice on two famous projects: the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the George Vanderbilt estate, "Biltmore," in North Carolina.
		Olmsted, Jr., was appointed by the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia in 1901 to help update the L'Enfant plan for Washington, D.C. By 1920 his better-known projects included plans for metropolitan park systems and greenways across the country; in 1929 he developed the guiding plan for California's state park system.
		Olmsted, Jr., also established the first formal training in landscape architecture at Harvard in 1900 and was a founding member and later president of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/sontag/olmsted.htm (401 words)

	Frederick Law Olmsted
		Olmsted was in very poor health -- though his use of the cane actually came from a riding accident he suffered as a younger man when he was working on Central park from which he never fully recovered.
		Friends of Olmsted that had invested in the venture were saddled with debt which he felt duty bound (though not lawfully) to repay.
		Together, Vaux and Olmsted worked and oversaw the construction of the new park, but continual political battles in maintaining the integrity of their plan and fights over patronage and other issues came to ahead by 1861 (the start of the war).
	www.jssgallery.org /Paintings/Frederick_Law_Olmsted.htm (2425 words)

	Frederick Law Olmsted
		The National Association for Olmsted Parks, the nation's non-profit advocacy group for the preservation of historic parks, will hold a national conference at the historic George Eastman House in Rochester, New York from September 30 through October 3, 1999.
		Entitled "Recapturing Waterways in Historic Parks, Rochester's Olmsted Legacy in a National Context," the three-day conference is co-sponsored by the Monroe County Parks Department, the City of Rochester's Bureau of Parks and the National Park Service - Heritage Preservation Services.
		Viewing Olmsted - September-December, 1997 - A major Olmsted exhibit and associated programs to be held at various locations around Wellesley College and Greater Boston.
	www.newbedford.com /olmsted.html (768 words)

	Olmsted
		Olmsted made three voyages from the states to the war torn Western Pacific to return veterans and materials until she was ordered to the East Coast for deactivation.
		On 21 February 1947, Olmsted was placed out of commission in reserve at Norfolk, Va. Due to deteriorating international conditions, Olmsted was recalled to active service and commissioned 2 February 1952 under command of Captain R. Lionard, and assigned to the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet.
		With interim periods for overhaul and operational readiness training, Olmsted served in this capacity until she decommissioned 27 February 1959 at Norfolk, Va., and was assigned to the Norfolk Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/o2/olmsted.htm (359 words)

	Seattle Parks and Recreation: Park History - Olmsted Parks
		The Olmsted Brothers had inherited the nation's first landscape architecture firm from their father, Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of New York's Central Park and the campus of the University of California at Berkeley.
		John C. Olmsted, the stepson of Frederick Law and the senior partner in the firm, spent several weeks in the summer of 1903 studying the topography of Seattle and its parks.
		Although J. Olmsted's primary goal was to locate a park or a playground within one half mile of every home in Seattle, the dominant feature of the plan was a 20-mile landscaped boulevard linking most of the existing and planned parks and greenbelts within the city limits.
	www.ci.seattle.wa.us /parks/parkspaces/olmsted.htm (632 words)

	Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic: Home
		From this location, Olmsted and his successors designed thousands of public and private landscapes over the course of a century, forever changing the face of our nation.
		Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, established in 1979, transcends the traditional role of a historic house museum by also serving as a center for the study and preservation of American landscapes.
		This mission is being accomplished through the combined efforts of the Olmsted Archives, the Landscape Education Program and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation.
	www.nps.gov /frla/home.htm (239 words)

	Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (National Park Service)
		Frederick Law Olmsted NHS is currently CLOSED to visitors in order to prepare for and carry out a construction project involving its buildings, grounds, and archives.
		Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the nation’s foremost parkmaker.
		Olmsted moved his home to suburban Boston in 1883 and established at “Fairsted” the world's first full-scale professional office for the practice of landscape design.
	www.nps.gov /frla (297 words)

	BookPage Nonfiction Review: A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century
		Olmsted's landscape creations alone would place him among the most notable figures of 19th century America.
		Olmsted's importance as a public figure was soon to follow.
		Although he never completed a formal education -- he briefly attended Yale -- Olmsted was drawn to the world of literature and social change.
	www.bookpage.com /9906bp/nonfiction/clearing_in_the_distance.html (349 words)

	Yosemite History: Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect
		Olmsted read the Report to his fellow Commissioners at a meeting in the Yosemite Valley on August 9, 1865; ultimately intended for presentation to the state legislature, it met with indifference or hostility from other members of the Commission, and was quietly suppressed.
		Olmsted himself left California for good at the end of 1865; he had arrived there just a little more than two years before to assume responsibilities as Superintendent for the Mariposa Mining Estate.
		Olmsted scholar Laura Wood Roper surmised that Olmsted had removed that portion of the Report in order to incorporate it in the letter; her explanation has been generally accepted by other scholars, and a typescript of the relevant portion of the letter is accordingly included here as part of the Report’s transcription."
	www.yosemite.ca.us /history/olmsted (507 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Olmsted Parks in Seattle -- A Snapshot History
		John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920), the stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), who designed New York City's Central Park, was the firm's principal designer in Seattle.
		Olmsted and his assistant Percy Jones arrived on April 30 and immediately began to survey the city.
		The Olmsted Brothers designed the grounds for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, held in 1909 on the University of Washington campus.
	www.historylink.org /_output.CFM?file_ID=1124 (984 words)

	George Olmsted Foundation Scholarships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Olmsted Scholarships permit U.S. military officers to pursue graduate study for two years at a foreign university in a foreign language.
		Areas of study preferred by the Olmsted Fellowship Committee are Social and Political Sciences and International Affairs.
		Olmsted candidates must take the Defense Language Aptitude Battery Test (DLAB), scheduled in mid-September of each year, and need to inform the Olmsted Program Advisor of their desire to be tested no later than 1 September of that year.
	www.usna.edu /LangStudy/olmsted.html (311 words)

	Olmsted Falls Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Olmsted Falls- Mayor Robert Blomquist has paid $4,200 in fines after failing to file campaign...
		Olmsted Falls is a city located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
		Out of the total people living in poverty, 1.2% are under the age of 18 and 4.5% are 65 or older.
	www.wikiverse.org /olmsted-falls-ohio (555 words)

	AllRefer.com - Frederick Law Olmsted (Architecture, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		When Central Park in New York City was projected, he and Calvert Vaux prepared the plan that was accepted, and Olmsted superintended its execution.
		The well-planned park was a new departure, which was developed by Olmsted in other cities, e.g., Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.; South Park, Chicago; Mt. Royal Park, Montreal; and park systems in Buffalo and Boston.
		1973); biographies of the elder Olmsted by L. Roper (1974) and W. Rybczynski (1999); studies by J. Fabos et al.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/O/Olmsted.html (350 words)

	Frederick Law Olmsted Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Olmsted also designed the World Columbian Exposition World’s Fair in Chicago, Illinois.
		In 1883 Olmsted established his landscape architecture firm in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he designed Boston's Emerald Necklace and the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago among many other of his projects.
		He moved to Waverly, Massachusetts and took up residence at McLean Hospital which he had landscaped several years before.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/frederick_law_olmsted.html (531 words)

	Olmsted Falls News
		Local news for Olmsted Falls, OH continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
		OLMSTED FALLS_An Usher Road woman was arrested last Thursday evening for domestic violence against her estranged husband.
		OLMSTED FALLS_ Angelina's Pizza will be a featured pizzeria used in an upcoming History Channel promotion for Rome: Engineering An Empire, set to air at 9 p.m.
	www.topix.net /city/olmsted-falls-oh (731 words)

	All Hallows Guild: Olmsted Woods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Located at the base of Washington National Cathedral, the five-acre Olmsted Woods, one of the few old growth forests still standing in the nation’s capital, is a very special part of the Cathedral close.
		A long-term restoration plan of the Olmsted Woods is now underway, and All Hallows Guild is working aggressively to raise the necessary funds.
		A tour of the Olmsted Woods, the five-acre tract now under restoration by All Hallows Guild, is also available.
	www.cathedral.org /ahg/olmstedwoods.shtml (354 words)

	North Olmsted 24 Hour City Hall
		The electors of the City of North Olmsted will be asked to vote on ten (10) Charter amendments at the election of Tuesday, November 8, 2005.
		The full text of the amendments will be published in a legal ad in the Sun newspaper on Thursday, October 20, 2005 and Thursday, October 27, 2005.
		The League of Women Voters of Westlake/North Olmsted is proud to present the North Olmsted candidates webcast.
	www.north-olmsted.com (415 words)

	NGA - Frederick Law Olmsted/U.S.A. (1822-1903) (10/1972)
		In the octagonal entry area was John Singer Sargent's monumental 1895 portrait of Olmsted, lent by Biltmore House and Gardens.
		The highlight of the exhibition in the 7th Street lobby was the circlescan theater-in-the-round, a cylindrical screen 31 feet in diameter and 10 feet high on which 37 full-circle color panoramas were projected; continuous showings repeated every 15 minutes.
		This show was organized by the Olmsted sesquicentennial committee with the American Federation of Arts, to coincide with an exhibition on Olmsted's work in and around New York held at the Whitney Museum.
	www.nga.gov /past/data/exh373.htm (240 words)

	ochshome
		Established in 1926, the Society's mission is to collect, preserve and interpret the history of Olmsted County.
		Today the Olmsted County Historical Society actively serves the Olmsted County by offering a varied presentation of educational programs, special historical events, exhibits, library and archives.
		The Olmsted County Historical Society is also assisted in it's mission by the support of an auxiliary organization, the
	www.olmstedhistory.com (105 words)

	F. L. Olmsted School, Easton, MA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Olmsted School, Easton, MA Frederick Law Olmsted School
		Frederick Law Olmsted School, along with its sister school, H. Richardson, is one of the two public schools in Easton for students in grades 4 through 6.
		The school is named in honor of the founder of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), who designed the Rockery in Easton as well as numerous parks in other cities.
	www.easton.k12.ma.us /Olmsted (74 words)

	Olmsted County Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is an index of miscellaneous items in the collection at the Olmsted County Historical Society.
		Index to Military Resources - This is an index to the questionnaires sent to the Olmsted County veterans after WWII.
		Questions included: name, address, names of parents, birth date and place, name of spouse and date of marriage, names of children, education, organizations, date and place of enlistment, date and place of discharge, ranks in service, record of service, decorations and citations.
	www.selco.lib.mn.us /resources/olmhist (606 words)

	North Olmsted, Ohio (U.S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SECTION 1: That the City of North Olmsted does hereby officially declare that there will be an official flag for the City of North Olmsted.
		SECTION 2: That the drawing of the flag as submitted by Sarah McIntyre shall be declared to be the official flag of the City of North Olmsted.
		North Olmsted is in Cuyahoga County, southwest of Cleveland, Ohio.
	www.fotw.net /flags/us-ohnoh.html (328 words)

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