Clan MacAlister

On this day in 1615, two Macalisters were hanged at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh. They had been sentenced to death five days earlier, along with Angus Og Macdonald and three others, for seizing Dunyv

CALDWELL -- Crews from across Canyon County responded to a house fire in Caldwell Saturday afternoon that destroyed a family home. Fire officials say the fire started in the garage but quickly spread

On this day in 1895, Sgt. Henry H. McAllister, a three year veteran of the Manchester, New Hampshire, police department, was shot by former officer Fred Stockwell, to whom McAllister had been supervis...

On this day in 1779, a court martial sat in Edinburgh Castle to try three soldiers for mutiny. The soldiers were additionally charged with having "instigated and incited others to be guilty of the

On this day in 2003, British journalist Matthew McAllester, in Iraq to cover the war for Newsday, was arrested in Baghdad along with his colleague, Peruvian-born photographer Moises Saman. It was the

On this day in 1640, Sir William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, died in London, bankrupt.[1] Sir William belonged to the Menstrie family, whose exact origins are unclear but who have always been rec

On this day in 1667 an Act of Parliament named commissioners of supply for each county in Scotland. David Moody describes the commissioners as "a committee of wealthy landowners" whose prima

On this day in 1661, Ronald Macalister of Tarbert and John Dow Macalister of Glenakill submitted to the arbitration of several men, chosen by Tarbert to judge between them. They agree in this document