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The Simpson family in Canada
Four members of a Simpson family from Dingwall travelled to Canada, worked for the Hudson Bay Company, traded extensively and explored the remote Arctic regions
The Davidsons of Tulloch Castle
From the 18th century to 1947 Davidsons have lived at Tulloch Castle. They made a significant contribution to the life and the wealth of Dingwall town.
Thomas Telford
This remarkable Scottish civil engineer transformed Highlands infrastructure in the early 19th century, designing and building bridges, roads, and canals. In Dingwall his legacy is the now silted Dingwall Canal and Conon Bridge, among others.
Tense Times in Wyoming
Kenneth Macrae from Fairburn becomes a sheep farmer in Casper, Wyoming. And gets tried for murder. Did he do it? Or not?
Early Coaching Days in Dingwall
Kenneth Mackenzie and John Mackenzie (unrelated) developed and competed for the coach trade as it started up in the early 19th century. Many of the town's hotels relate to this time.
From Dingwall to East Africa
A Mackenzie father and two sons from Dingwall develop trade and colonial rule in Madras, and on the east coast of Africa
Colin Bain Calder of Dingwall & Rosario
Colin Calder, a Child of the Town, left Dingwall in 1882 for Argentina. Seven years later 1889 he was elected as the first president of the recently formed "Central Argentine Railway Athletic Club" (later "Rosario Central"). It's a story that has created a Dingwall - Rosario link.
