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13 unusual facts about Glencoe


Angel de la Torre

Through an introduction from Bill Hickey (golf professional at Brookside), he met Eddie Loos who then offered de la Torre a position as assistant professional at Lake Shore Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois.

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.

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.

Glencoe, South Australia

First established in 1844 by Edward and Robert Leake as a sheep sheering station, the Leake brothers named the settlement after Glen Coe, Scotland where the infamous Massacre of Glencoe took place in 1692.

Henry Perky

Having made his fortune, the following year Perky arrived in Glencoe, Maryland and began purchasing large tracts of land in the region.

John Appel

In 1889 Appel quit the practice of law for good and moved to a farm in Nerang, at Glencoe, where he both farmed and operated a dairy.

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.

Lucian Athanasius Reinhart

He was born James Hyde Reinhart on May 24, 1911, in Kansas City, Missouri and entered the novitiate of the Brothers of the Christian Schools at the La Salle Institute in Glencoe, Missouri, and received the religious habit in 1926, at which time he was given the religious name Lucian Athanasius.

North Shore Congregation Israel

North Shore Congregation Israel is a Reform synagogue located at 1185 Sheridan Road in Glencoe, Illinois.

Share Pedersen

Sharon "Share" Pedersen (now Ross) (born: Sharon June Howe on March 21, 1963 in Glencoe, Minnesota) is a former bass player of the female hard rock band, Vixen.

Xerochrysum

Glencoe (M.Gray 4401) NE Herbarium – Qld, NSW


Glencoe I

After Jackson's death in 1840, Glencoe was sent to stand in Nashville, Tennessee, for a fee of $50.

The dam of Glencoe Trampoline (by Tramp), was a fairly good racemare, and an even better producer of racehorses, foaling not only Glencoe, but also Glenara and Glencaire (all by Sultan).

Glencoe II

In 1868 Glencoe won the AJC St Leger Stakes, VRC All-Aged Stakes and VRC Queens Plate.

KTWN

KGLB, a radio station (1310 AM) licensed to serve Glencoe, Minnesota, which held the call sign KTWN from 2011 to 2012

Massacre of Glencoe

More recently Glencoe was the subject of Eric Linklater's 1957 story "The Masks of Purpose", and David Clement-Davies's "Fire Bringer", in which the region is called the "Valley Of Weeping".

Rail transport in South Africa

Electrification of the railways began in the 1920s with the building of the Colenso Power Station for the Glencoe to Pietermaritzburg route and the introduction of the South African Class 1E.

The Lairig Club

It is interesting to note that other than the first ascent of Raven’s Gully in Glencoe by Hamish MacInnes and Chris Bonington in 1953 all the grade V routes in Scotland were confined to the Lairig’s stomping ground of the Eastern Cairngorms in the early 1950s and it is ironic that it was Lairig members Patey and Nicol who teamed up with Hamish MacInnes to climb the first grade V on Ben Nevis, this came in the form of the much prized first ascent of Zero Gully.

Thomas Talfourd

In 1839 Glencoe, or the Fate of the Macdonalds, was privately printed, and in 1840 it was produced at the Haymarket.