今天我很累、很懒，在居住的“小纽约”镇，英文是Longview (译成“长观”).  想跑跑步，都跑不动，就边走边跑，随便捏了几张。

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历史

长观镇一度被称为“小纽约”镇，它北面山坡有一个妹妹镇俗称为“小芝加哥”镇。似乎没有人真正知道“小芝加哥”和“小纽约 ”镇如何在一个晚上得到了他们的名字，和两个城镇的实际增长怎样？

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在 1936年前，这里什么也没有，他们只是一片空况的草原野地。然后，在1937年，石油在6828英尺（2,081米）的地底下被人发现(参注：SCHLUMBER‘S HISTORY)，当时因为美国经济大萧条，其中大多数是找工作，他们来到了这“小芝加哥”和“小纽约”镇。建筑物如雨后春笋般出现。

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很多男人是多年来的第一次，背著大衣，并揣着镍币在他们的口袋里，来到这里，为他们赢得了大萧条以来开始的第一笔钱。但今天“小芝加哥”一点显示它曾经存在过的痕迹都难寻见。而“小纽约”镇是比较幸运的，因为它是现在的Longview村(镇)。

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History

Longview was once known as Little New York, and had a sister town uphill to the north called Little Chicago. No one seems to know how Little Chicago and Little New York got their names and both towns actually grew up over night. In 1936 there was nothing there but an empty prairie field. Then, in 1937, oil was discovered at the 6,828-foot (2,081 m) level and people, most of them long out of work because of the great depression, came flocking and Little Chicago and Little New York were born. Buildings appeared like mushrooms. For the first time in years, men who without so much as a coat on their backs or a nickel in their pockets had the first money they had
earned since the depression began. Today Little Chicago is gone and little remains to show it ever existed. Little New York was more fortunate, as it is now the village of Longview.

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长观 Downtown (村镇), 是在加拿大阿尔伯塔南部，不到二百户人家的一个村庄(估计小于500号人)。它位于卡尔加里南端，东麓洛矶山上，是西进洛矶山的门户，在牛仔路HIGH WAY 22上。在牛仔路HIGH WAY 22两边有很多著名的农场，象 BAR U RANCH。

先有牛仔路，后有卡尔加里城市，此话名不虚传。以后再述。赫赫！

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长观镇在高河(HIGH RIVER)以西32公里， 卡尔加里以南64公里的。 Highwood河自西往东过流长观镇村。

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长观镇以养牛、文物和自然资源（主要石油）为著名，其出产-河流（Highwood）区，一些很上等标准的牛肉。

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长观镇也被称为加拿大乡村音乐明星伊恩泰森的故乡，他在长观区拥有一个非常小的牧场，并拥有一个餐厅在长观镇。长观镇每年定期举行多次夏季乡村音乐会，其圣诞节期间的音乐会也很有名。

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Longview is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Canadian Rockies foothills, on Cowboy Trail, 32 km west of High River and 64 km south of Calgary. Highwood River flows west of the village.

Longview is known for its view west toward the first range of the Rocky Mountains, its cattle ranching heritage and its natural resources (principally oil), but more importantly the open spaces, rivers (the Highwood) and some of the finest beef by most standards.

Longview is also known as the home of Canadian Country Music star Ian Tyson, who maintains a very small ranch in the area. Tyson owned a restaurant in Longview and regularly performs at the local community hall, most notably during the Christmas season.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longview,_Alberta

(未完待续)

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