 Cambridge also saw 30 @-@ year @-@ old Tom Edwards return , having rowed in 2006 . Cambridge 's boat club president Dan O 'Shaughnessy was the seventh Light Blue president not to row in his own Blue Boat .   = = Race = =   Oxford were pre @-@ race favourites , but Cambridge won the toss and elected to start from the Surrey station . Oxford took an early lead , but the boats closed on each other , and Umpire John Garrett was forced to issue a number of warnings to both coxes in an attempt to prevent a collision . By Craven Cottage , Oxford were nearly a length ahead and Cambridge responded ; by the time the crews passed under Hammersmith Bridge they were level . Along Chiswick Eyot Oxford moved ahead once again , and were clear of Cambridge after 30 strokes . Oxford extended their lead to pass the finishing post in 20 minutes 53 seconds , six lengths and 22 seconds ahead of their opponents . Driving rain , strong winds and choppy water resulted in the slowest winning time for over sixty years , but the largest margin of victory since the 2004 race .   Oxford 's Isis beat Cambridge 's Goldie by three @-@ and @-@ a @-@ quarter lengths in the reserve race . Oxford won the 44th running of the Women 's Boat Race by half a length .   = = Reaction = =   Oxford 's Oliver Moore said " we got the rage going in the crew , and we started to kill it , we hit an awesome rhythm " . Cambridge coach Duncan Holland congratulated his opponents : " Well done to Oxford , they were much faster on the day " . Following tradition , the victorious Oxford crew tossed their cox Brodie into the Thames .   = Fort Scott National Historic Site =   Fort Scott National Historic Site is a historical area under the control of the United States National Park Service in Bourbon County , Kansas , United States . Named after General Winfield Scott , who achieved renown during the Mexican @-@ American War , during the middle of the 19th century the fort served as a military base for US Army action in what was the edge of settlement in 1850 . For the next quarter century , it was used as a supply base and to provide security in turbulent areas during the opening of the West to settlement , a period which included Bleeding Kansas and the American Civil War .   The current national historic site protects 20 historic structures , a parade ground , and five acres ( 20 @,@ 000 m ² ) of restored tallgrass prairie , inside the city of Fort Scott . It is open to visitors most days of the year .   = = History = =   In 1842 , Fort Scott was named after Winfield Scott , was established on the American frontier on the military road in eastern Kansas between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Gibson . It was established to provide protection to the rapidly increasing number of settlers , who were migrating from the Eastern United States . Fort Scott became one of a chain of forts intended to protect the new settlers from the Plains Indians , as well as to protect the Indians from the settlers ' encroachment .   The United States government intention to reserve permanent Indian lands west of the Missouri River gave way to the competition of settlers continuing to encroach on the Indian settlements . Fort Scott 's most active days were between 1842 and 1853 , although it was also used during the Civil War .   = = = Army days = = =   The Cherokee of Indian Territory ( now Oklahoma ) were upset to have Fort Wayne in their proximity . After some delay , the US Army decided to abandon Fort Wayne and move its soldiers to a new fort to be built between Fort Leavenworth and the site . The Army both wanted to placate the Cherokee ( who were supervised by the Department of Defense ) and provide more defense for white settlers and other Indians against the Osage , who had been conducting frequent raids in the area . On April 1 , 1842 , some soldiers of Fort Wayne left their fort and on April 22 arrived where Fort Scott would be built , in the Osage Cuestas section of modern @-@ day Kansas . After haggling with the Cherokees to acquire the land , the rest of Fort Wayne 's garrison left the fort on May 26 and arrived at the Fort Scott site on May 30 .   Unlike most forts for military use , the fort did not have defensive walls or structures when first built ; the wide @-@ open area and the available artillery made an enclosed fort unnecessary . The soldiers concentrated on building structures for lodging the men , animals , and equipment . These buildings were on the edges of a 350 @-@ foot ( 110 m ) parade ground .   The post quartermaster , Captain Thomas Swords , was in charge of building Fort Scott 's structures , and had to deal with the problems of construction on the Kansas prairie , which had few trees . He had only two bricklayers and three carpenters to rely on ,
ĠCambridge Ġalso Ġsaw Ġ30 Ġ@ - @ Ġyear Ġ@ - @ Ġold ĠTom ĠEdwards Ġreturn Ġ, Ġhaving Ġrow ed Ġin Ġ2006 Ġ. ĠCambridge Ġ' s Ġboat Ġclub Ġpresident ĠDan ĠO Ġ' Sh augh ness y Ġwas Ġthe Ġseventh ĠLight ĠBlue Ġpresident Ġnot Ġto Ġrow Ġin Ġhis Ġown ĠBlue ĠBoat Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠRace Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠOxford Ġwere Ġpre Ġ@ - @ Ġrace Ġfavourites Ġ, Ġbut ĠCambridge Ġwon Ġthe Ġtoss Ġand Ġelected Ġto Ġstart Ġfrom Ġthe ĠSurrey Ġstation Ġ. ĠOxford Ġtook Ġan Ġearly Ġlead Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe Ġboats Ġclosed Ġon Ġeach Ġother Ġ, Ġand ĠU mpire ĠJohn ĠGarrett Ġwas Ġforced Ġto Ġissue Ġa Ġnumber Ġof Ġwarnings Ġto Ġboth Ġco xes Ġin Ġan Ġattempt Ġto Ġprevent Ġa Ġcollision Ġ. ĠBy ĠCra ven ĠC ottage Ġ, ĠOxford Ġwere Ġnearly Ġa Ġlength Ġahead Ġand ĠCambridge Ġresponded Ġ; Ġby Ġthe Ġtime Ġthe Ġcrews Ġpassed Ġunder ĠHam mers mith ĠBridge Ġthey Ġwere Ġlevel Ġ. ĠAlong ĠCh is wick ĠEy ot ĠOxford Ġmoved Ġahead Ġonce Ġagain Ġ, Ġand Ġwere Ġclear Ġof ĠCambridge Ġafter Ġ30 Ġstrokes Ġ. ĠOxford Ġextended Ġtheir Ġlead Ġto Ġpass Ġthe Ġfinishing Ġpost Ġin Ġ20 Ġminutes Ġ53 Ġseconds Ġ, Ġsix Ġlengths Ġand Ġ22 Ġseconds Ġahead Ġof Ġtheir Ġopponents Ġ. ĠDriving Ġrain Ġ, Ġstrong Ġwinds Ġand Ġcho ppy Ġwater Ġresulted Ġin Ġthe Ġslow est Ġwinning Ġtime Ġfor Ġover Ġsixty Ġyears Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe Ġlargest Ġmargin Ġof Ġvictory Ġsince Ġthe Ġ2004 Ġrace Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠOxford Ġ' s ĠIsis Ġbeat ĠCambridge Ġ' s ĠGold ie Ġby Ġthree Ġ@ - @ Ġand Ġ@ - @ Ġa Ġ@ - @ Ġquarter Ġlengths Ġin Ġthe Ġreserve Ġrace Ġ. ĠOxford Ġwon Ġthe Ġ44 th Ġrunning Ġof Ġthe ĠWomen Ġ' s ĠBoat ĠRace Ġby Ġhalf Ġa Ġlength Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠReaction Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠOxford Ġ' s ĠOliver ĠMoore Ġsaid Ġ" Ġwe Ġgot Ġthe Ġrage Ġgoing Ġin Ġthe Ġcrew Ġ, Ġand Ġwe Ġstarted Ġto Ġkill Ġit Ġ, Ġwe Ġhit Ġan Ġawesome Ġrhythm Ġ" Ġ. ĠCambridge Ġcoach ĠDuncan ĠHolland Ġcongratulated Ġhis Ġopponents Ġ: Ġ" ĠWell Ġdone Ġto ĠOxford Ġ, Ġthey Ġwere Ġmuch Ġfaster Ġon Ġthe Ġday Ġ" Ġ. ĠFollowing Ġtradition Ġ, Ġthe Ġvictorious ĠOxford Ġcrew Ġtossed Ġtheir Ġco x ĠBro die Ġinto Ġthe ĠThames Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠFort ĠScott ĠNational ĠHistoric ĠSite Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠFort ĠScott ĠNational ĠHistoric ĠSite Ġis Ġa Ġhistorical Ġarea Ġunder Ġthe Ġcontrol Ġof Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates ĠNational ĠPark ĠService Ġin ĠBourbon ĠCounty Ġ, ĠKansas Ġ, ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ. ĠNamed Ġafter ĠGeneral ĠWin field ĠScott Ġ, Ġwho Ġachieved Ġrenown Ġduring Ġthe ĠMexican Ġ@ - @ ĠAmerican ĠWar Ġ, Ġduring Ġthe Ġmiddle Ġof Ġthe Ġ19 th Ġcentury Ġthe Ġfort Ġserved Ġas Ġa Ġmilitary Ġbase Ġfor ĠUS ĠArmy Ġaction Ġin Ġwhat Ġwas Ġthe Ġedge Ġof Ġsettlement Ġin Ġ1850 Ġ. ĠFor Ġthe Ġnext Ġquarter Ġcentury Ġ, Ġit Ġwas Ġused Ġas Ġa Ġsupply Ġbase Ġand Ġto Ġprovide Ġsecurity Ġin Ġturbulent Ġareas Ġduring Ġthe Ġopening Ġof Ġthe ĠWest Ġto Ġsettlement Ġ, Ġa Ġperiod Ġwhich Ġincluded ĠBle eding ĠKansas Ġand Ġthe ĠAmerican ĠCivil ĠWar Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġcurrent Ġnational Ġhistoric Ġsite Ġprotects Ġ20 Ġhistoric Ġstructures Ġ, Ġa Ġparade Ġground Ġ, Ġand Ġfive Ġacres Ġ( Ġ20 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġm ĠÂ ² Ġ) Ġof Ġrestored Ġtall grass Ġpra irie Ġ, Ġinside Ġthe Ġcity Ġof ĠFort ĠScott Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġopen Ġto Ġvisitors Ġmost Ġdays Ġof Ġthe Ġyear Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠHistory Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġ18 42 Ġ, ĠFort ĠScott Ġwas Ġnamed Ġafter ĠWin field ĠScott Ġ, Ġwas Ġestablished Ġon Ġthe ĠAmerican Ġfrontier Ġon Ġthe Ġmilitary Ġroad Ġin Ġeastern ĠKansas Ġbetween ĠFort ĠLe aven worth Ġand ĠFort ĠGibson Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġestablished Ġto Ġprovide Ġprotection Ġto Ġthe Ġrapidly Ġincreasing Ġnumber Ġof Ġsettlers Ġ, Ġwho Ġwere Ġmigrating Ġfrom Ġthe ĠEastern ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ. ĠFort ĠScott Ġbecame Ġone Ġof Ġa Ġchain Ġof Ġfor ts Ġintended Ġto Ġprotect Ġthe Ġnew Ġsettlers Ġfrom Ġthe ĠPlains ĠIndians Ġ, Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġto Ġprotect Ġthe ĠIndians Ġfrom Ġthe Ġsettlers Ġ' Ġencro achment Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġgovernment Ġintention Ġto Ġreserve Ġpermanent ĠIndian Ġlands Ġwest Ġof Ġthe ĠMissouri ĠRiver Ġgave Ġway Ġto Ġthe Ġcompetition Ġof Ġsettlers Ġcontinuing Ġto Ġenc roach Ġon Ġthe ĠIndian Ġsettlements Ġ. ĠFort ĠScott Ġ' s Ġmost Ġactive Ġdays Ġwere Ġbetween Ġ18 42 Ġand Ġ18 53 Ġ, Ġalthough Ġit Ġwas Ġalso Ġused Ġduring Ġthe ĠCivil ĠWar Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠArmy Ġdays Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠCherokee Ġof ĠIndian ĠTerritory Ġ( Ġnow ĠOklahoma Ġ) Ġwere Ġupset Ġto Ġhave ĠFort ĠWayne Ġin Ġtheir Ġproximity Ġ. ĠAfter Ġsome Ġdelay Ġ, Ġthe ĠUS ĠArmy Ġdecided Ġto Ġabandon ĠFort ĠWayne Ġand Ġmove Ġits Ġsoldiers Ġto Ġa Ġnew Ġfort Ġto Ġbe Ġbuilt Ġbetween ĠFort ĠLe aven worth Ġand Ġthe Ġsite Ġ. ĠThe ĠArmy Ġboth Ġwanted Ġto Ġplac ate Ġthe ĠCherokee Ġ( Ġwho Ġwere Ġsupervised Ġby Ġthe ĠDepartment Ġof ĠDefense Ġ) Ġand Ġprovide Ġmore Ġdefense Ġfor Ġwhite Ġsettlers Ġand Ġother ĠIndians Ġagainst Ġthe ĠOs age Ġ, Ġwho Ġhad Ġbeen Ġconducting Ġfrequent Ġraids Ġin Ġthe Ġarea Ġ. ĠOn ĠApril Ġ1 Ġ, Ġ18 42 Ġ, Ġsome Ġsoldiers Ġof ĠFort ĠWayne Ġleft Ġtheir Ġfort Ġand Ġon ĠApril Ġ22 Ġarrived Ġwhere ĠFort ĠScott Ġwould Ġbe Ġbuilt Ġ, Ġin Ġthe ĠOs age ĠCu est as Ġsection Ġof Ġmodern Ġ@ - @ Ġday ĠKansas Ġ. ĠAfter Ġh agg ling Ġwith Ġthe ĠChero kees Ġto Ġacquire Ġthe Ġland Ġ, Ġthe Ġrest Ġof ĠFort ĠWayne Ġ' s Ġgarrison Ġleft Ġthe Ġfort Ġon ĠMay Ġ26 Ġand Ġarrived Ġat Ġthe ĠFort ĠScott Ġsite Ġon ĠMay Ġ30 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠUnlike Ġmost Ġfor ts Ġfor Ġmilitary Ġuse Ġ, Ġthe Ġfort Ġdid Ġnot Ġhave Ġdefensive Ġwalls Ġor Ġstructures Ġwhen Ġfirst Ġbuilt Ġ; Ġthe Ġwide Ġ@ - @ Ġopen Ġarea Ġand Ġthe Ġavailable Ġartillery Ġmade Ġan Ġenclosed Ġfort Ġunnecessary Ġ. ĠThe Ġsoldiers Ġconcentrated Ġon Ġbuilding Ġstructures Ġfor Ġlodging Ġthe Ġmen Ġ, Ġanimals Ġ, Ġand Ġequipment Ġ. ĠThese Ġbuildings Ġwere Ġon Ġthe Ġedges Ġof Ġa Ġ350 Ġ@ - @ Ġfoot Ġ( Ġ110 Ġm Ġ) Ġparade Ġground Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġpost Ġquarter master Ġ, ĠCaptain ĠThomas ĠSwords Ġ, Ġwas Ġin Ġcharge Ġof Ġbuilding ĠFort ĠScott Ġ' s Ġstructures Ġ, Ġand Ġhad Ġto Ġdeal Ġwith Ġthe Ġproblems Ġof Ġconstruction Ġon Ġthe ĠKansas Ġpra irie Ġ, Ġwhich Ġhad Ġfew Ġtrees Ġ. ĠHe Ġhad Ġonly Ġtwo Ġbrick l ayers Ġand Ġthree Ġcar pent ers Ġto Ġrely Ġon Ġ,