Prior to 1790 it was in an exclave of the county of Moray and from 1890 to
1975 it was in the county of Inverness-shire, until the later date being within
the Civil Parish of Duthil and Rothiemurchus. The village began to grow as a
result of it becoming a railway junction in 1898, following which the Highland
Railway became a major emp constructing housing for its staff and the Aviemore
Hotel. Aviemore became one of the first skiing resorts to be established in
Scotland with the opening of the chairlift in 1961 and is also notable for
being near the freely grazing reindeer herd at Glen More, the only one in the
