The two factions fought so ferociously that the river ran red with blood from the casualties which caused the conflict to be called The Battle of the Red Ford. Cailean Mor led the charge as the outnumbered MacDougalls retreated.
Then a MacDougall archer crept up behind a rock and fired an arrow at the distant Cailean Mor. It killed him and ended the battle instantly but the rivalry would continue for a long time. By the MacDougalls were a powerful clan in Scotland and were allied by marriage to the even more powerful Clan Comyn. This sacrilegious murder led to nearly fifty years of blood feuds, civil war and more English invasions.
In the warring which followed the MacDougalls were closely allied with the Macdowalls of Galloway, the Comyns and with other clans against the Bruces, Campbells, MacDonalds and their allies. The Battle of the Pass of Brander was a small part of the Wars of Scottish Independence, and is known as a vital part of the civil war between the Bruce and Balliol factions. Map image from Ewan J. Robert the Bruce stood against the Balliols, and participated in the killing of John Comyn on February 10th, , before the high altar of the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries.
This slaying was a decisive act in Scottish political history, for soon after the Bruce was crowned with the full support of the Scottish Church. Despite this, Robert the Bruce now faced formidable obstacles in the form of internal struggle. With the murder of John Comyn, his extensive network of family and kinsmen agreed to fight on the side of the English against Robert the Bruce, whom they considered to be the greater threat or evil.
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. File information. Structured data. Washington Street and S. Main Street, ca. I thought he must have died, but apparently ol' Ernie is still alive and kicking.
Ernie Steele's later became Ilene's which may be dead now too. See Ernie had city's first, and finest, sports joint by Steve Kelly. In , Ernst was purchased by Pay 'n Save Corp. Ernst filed for bankruptcy in and was liquidated in At its height, Ernst had 95 stores in 12 western states.
Farrell's: Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour, a purveyor of gourmet ice cream back before gourmet ice cream became all the rage. One was located at Southcenter back in the early 70s. Housed the Bubbleator, which alas is now gone.
See Frederick's below. Frederick and Nels B. Nelson in , selling used furniture following the Great Fire of , later expanding to selling new furniture and other fine goods. The six-story department store, initially scoffed at as "Frederick's Folly", at 5th and Pine opened in , offering elegance and service as its hallmarks. After a long slow slide, it closed its doors in Guy: G. Guy Drugs, which was located for years on Third, just kitty-corner from the post office. The Gaslight: The Gaslight Tavern, a tavern up on 15th up on Capitol Hill back in the 70's that was a great melting-pot and mixing bowl.
Later became the expanded Canterbury. In its early days, it was frequented by prostitutes, who would then lead their customers to rooms upstairs. It later became a rock club, but closed in The hotel was later rehabbed for low-income housing. Grandma's Cookies: I spent my junior high and senior high days a half block north of the old Grandma's Cookies bakery, which was most noted for its huge neon sign that could be seen from the Aurora Bridge, the Space Needle, well just about from everywhere.
Both the sign and Grandma's Cookies are now long gone. The building is still there, however. To this day, quite honestly, I have a very hard time resisting cookies, probably due to having been conditioned as thoroughly as one of Pavlov's dogs by waking up every morning to the thick, cloying smell of baking cookies in the ai r. The Hasty Tasty: A greasy spoon that was one of the mainstays on the Ave back in the 70's. Well, I called up the Hasty Tasty, talked to the cook explaining what had happened, not really expecting it to be much help.
Well, he said just come back on over and he'd give me my change! And I did. Herfy's: A chain of burger drive-ins that populated the Puget Sound area from the mid's on. They were known for their "Herfy Burger," with secret sauce, of course. There are a number still located in the Seattle area, but the only one that might be said to be in Seattle proper is located in Georgetown if you want to call Georgetown either Seattle or proper. Others are located in Auburn and Burien.
There may be others elsewhere in the state. The one that was in the U-District, at the corner of 50th and the Ave, is long gone, however. There were actually three places there, the Hideout and the Victrola, with the Rice Bowl Cafe, a Chinese restaurant, in between them. We used to order a bunch of Chinese food and have it delivered to us in the Hideout. A table full of hot steaming Chinese food and a couple pitchers of ice-cold beer, now that was living! And the Rice Bowl served up some of the best and cheapest Chinese food I've ever tasted, period.
I went there a few times with some black friends of mine -- super cool place. Later, it became the Magus Bookstore. Shaped in the form of an igloo, it was one of the many kitsch icons, including the Java Jive, the Hat 'N Boots, and the Twin Teepees, that sprouted up along old Highway 99 back when that was the prime north-south route around here.
It claimed to have the world's largest assortment of single-malt Scotches. It was displaced by a Larry's Market in , which, after Larry's went bankrupt, was replaced by a Metropolitan Market. The Cyclops Cafe was located in the same building. The building was torn down some years back and replaced with a yuppy-condo tower, I believe. Shortly afterwards, closing after the operator losing his liquor license, it reopened as the Jolly Roger.
It was torched by an arsonist in A gas station now is located there. Joy's Was located on 1st Avenue N. Been told, and seem to remember myself, on the outside wall were large painted caricature faces of old Hollywood stars Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and so on.
Probably meant to mimic the 21 Club.
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