It was a sad holiday season in the mining community of Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California, in 1889, for on Sunday, the 22nd day of December of that year, before noon, at the Utica Mine in the town of Angels Camp, occurred the most fearful and heartrending accident that ever happened in the county. Seventeen men lost their lives. The […]
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The skirl that stopped the kill
The true story from which Glencoe, Calif., got its nameMcDonalds around the world, come Feb. 13, will, albeit vicariously, once again return to Armadale Castle, their spiritual home on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. The grand old castle, long since vacated but still standing as an architectural icon, remains to this day the embodiment of Scottish culture.So, while some might see it as a highly unlikely proxy, nevertheless, come the […]
The skirl that stopped the kill
The true story from which Glencoe, Calif., got its nameMcDonalds around the world, come Feb. 13, will, albeit vicariously, once again return to Armadale Castle, their spiritual home on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. The grand old castle, long since vacated but still standing as an architectural icon, remains to this day the embodiment of Scottish culture. So, while some might see it as a highly unlikely proxy, nevertheless, come […]
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