Coire Gabhail by members of Clan Macdonald to hide cattle and other livestock, whether their own or stolen from others. Like other clans in the area, cattle were the mainstay of their economy, both herding and raiding: young men boastfully sang of getting cows from the Mearns. The wide flat glen is well suited for this purpose since from Glen Coe it appears to be a normal v-shaped glen approached only by a steep narrow gorge. The Macdonalds commonly had feuds with Clan Campbell. This culminated tragically in the 1692 massacre of Glencoe when Campbell soldiers turned on Macdonald clansfolk who fled
William Robertson Coe March 15, 1955, he was buried at Locust Valley on Long Island. Two years after his death, in 1957, the Virginian Railway named its new tugboat "W. R. Coe" in his memory. After the VGN merger with the Norfolk and Western in 1959, it was renamed "R.B. Claytor" (for the N&W leader, Robert B. Claytor). As of 2003, the tugboat was serving the harbor of Boston as the "Karen B. Tibbetts". William Robertson Coe William Robertson Coe (June 8, 1869 – March 15, 1955) was an insurance, railroad and business executive, a major owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses, as