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The etymology of Vinegarhill is quite interesting. One school of thought puts it as originating from the fact that there was a chemical works on the site at one time. However, and to me this seems the more likely, the gaelic "fianna gabhar", meaning white goat, is the acknowledged source for other places in Scotland known as Vinegarhill.
Ronnie wrote:HollowHorn wrote:"Broncho Tom"
Sounds like a cowboy with a serious chest complaint.
Colonel William F Cody (Buffalo Bill) brought his Wild West Show to Dennistoun in October 1891. The show opened on the 16th of November, and closed on the 27th of February 1892. He was accompanied by Sioux Braves and sharpshooter Annie Oakley. The show played at the East End Exhibition Building off Duke Street for two months as part of the great East End Industrial Exhibition set up to raise funds for the People's Palace. The Ghost Shirt, worn by a Sioux Indian at the Battle of Wounded Knee, was sold by the Lakota interpreter of his show George C. Crager and displayed in Glasgow museums for over 100 years. It was finally returned home to the South Dakota museum in Pierre until the Lakota people have their own museum. The Ghost Shirt was seen for the last time in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery on July 25 1999.
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