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Altnabreac railway station

Altnabreac railway station is a rural railway station serving the tiny settlement of Altnabreac, in the Highland council area of Scotland; a settlement in which the station is itself the main component.

Bernard B. Fall

On 21 February 1967, while accompanying a company of the 1st Battalion 9th Marines on Operation Chinook II in the Street Without Joy, Thừa Thiên Province, Fall stepped on a Bouncing Betty land mine and was killed, along with Gunnery Sergeant Byron G. Highland, a U.S. Marine Corps combat photographer.

Byron G. Rogers

Rogers was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1971).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress.

Clan Sutherland

The Battle of Drumnacoub was fought in 1431 where Angus Du Mackay, chief of Clan Mackay defeated Angus Murray and the Sutherlanders on the slopes of the mountain Ben Loyal near Tongue.

Donnie Gillies

Donald George "Donnie" Gillies (born 20 June 1951 in Glencoe, Scotland) was a Scottish footballer who played initially as a forward but latterly as a right back.

Far North Line

Beyond Golspie, the railway continues along the coast as far as Helmsdale, then inland up the Strath of Kildonan and then across the Flow Country to Halkirk and back to the east coast at Wick.

Geddes, Highland

The area's woods and open fields are home to many types of birds, including Buzzards and Eagles.

Geddes House was built by William Mackintosh who made a fortune in India and in 1822 the estate passed to second William Mackintosh who made further improvements and alterations.

Glen Roy

The glen runs north from Glen Spean which takes the main A86 trunk road and the railway of the West Highland Line, both running about a further 14 miles southwest via Spean Bridge to Fort William.

Glencoe Ski area

Glencoe Ski area (also known as Glencoe Mountain or the White Corries ski centre), near Glencoe, Highland, is the oldest ski area in Scotland.

Accommodation is available in the nearby villages of Glencoe and Ballachulish.

Glencoe, Highland

The village is on the site of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692, in which the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by forces acting on behalf of the government of King William II following the Glorious Revolution.

Lochgoilhead

A few miles north of Lochgoilhead, is a junction which on the left goes through Hell's Glen, Loch Fyne, Dunoon, Inverary, Lochawe, Oban, Tyndrum, Glencoe and Fort William.

Lord Charles Beresford

Lord Beresford died in 1919 at Langwell, Berriedale, Caithness, at the age of 73, at which point his title became extinct.

Peerless Quartet

The group also accompanied other singers including Ada Jones, Byron G. Harlan, George O'Connor, and Irving Kaufman.

Vicus

Wych naturally became one of the most widely occurring common placename elements e.g. Wick, Wyck, Hackney Wick, Gatwick, Exwick, Wickham, Aldwych, Dulwich, Ipswich, Norwich, and indirectly York, from Eoforwic via Old Norse Jorvik.

Westhill, Inverness

It is situated on the eastern edge of the city, between Cradlehall and Culloden, in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands.


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