McGill University. Built in 1821, McGill University is the oldest university in Montreal, Quebec's largest city. The university was founded by Scottish merchant James McGill, and that accounts for the university being an English-language school. McGill covers an expanse of two campuses with 11 faculties of study and 300 disciplines.
About Boone, NC. The town of Boone sits in Watauga County atop the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of. North Carolina. Serving as the county seat and market town, Boone is also home to. Appalachian State University. Our town gets its name from the famous pioneer and. explorer, Daniel Boone.
The namesake of the town of Boone, NC, and a scattering of other places is often portrayed in a heroic light as synonymous with the pioneering spirit. But the man himself was a study in contrasts, according to John Mack Faragher, a Yale history professor and Daniel Boones most comprehensive biographer. Boone was born in Pennsylvania in 1734 and was raised as a Quaker. He started hunting in his early teens and in 1751 he became a full time hunter when his family moved to the Yadkin River Valley in what is now Rowan County. Boone married Rebecca Bryan in 1756 and served with British troops in the French and Indian War. Boone is believed to have made his first visit to the North Carolina mountains in the winter of 1760, hunting from a cabin used by animal herders. Boone, though he raised a large family, was solitary by nature and often preferred to go on extended hunting trips alone.