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• Know Your History: Andrew Carnegie and Skibo Castle

  As the story goes, Andrew Carnegie grew up poor within a stone’s throw of the majestic Skibo Castle in the northern highlands of Scotland. Because of a local feud, Carnegie’s family was never invited into the estate during the time when the owners would open the vast castle to the public each year. Andrew would…

  sassevn

  June 4, 2015

  History & Culture

  andrew carnegie, Pittsburgh, robber baron, scotland, skibo castle, steel production, thomas scot