雪山湖泊熊鹿羊(續四)：冰山來客

今天我很累、很懶，在居住的“小紐約”鎮，英文教Longview(譯成“長觀”), 想
跑跑步，都跑不動，就邊走邊跑，隨便捏了幾張。

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歷史

長觀鎮一度被稱為“小紐約”鎮，它北面山坡有一個妹妹鎮俗稱為“小芝加哥”鎮。
似乎沒有人真正知道“小芝加哥”和“小紐約 ”鎮如何在一個晚上得到了他們的名
字，和兩個城鎮的實際增長怎樣？

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在 1936年前，這裡什麼也沒有，他們只是一片空況的草原野地。然後，在1937年，
石油在6828英尺（2,081米）的地底下被人發現(參註：SCHLUMBER‘S HISTORY)，當
時因為美國經濟大蕭條，其中大多數是找工作，他們來到了這“小芝加哥”和“小
紐約”鎮。建築物如雨後春筍般出現。

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很多男人是多年來的第一次，背著大衣，並揣着鎳幣在他們的口袋裡，來到這裡，
為他們贏得了大蕭條以來開始的第一筆錢。但今天“小芝加哥”一點顯示它曾經存
在過的痕跡都難尋見。而“小紐約”鎮是比較幸運的，因為它是現在的Longview村
(鎮)。

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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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長觀 Downtown (村鎮), 是在加拿大阿爾伯塔南部，不到二百戶人家的一個村莊(估
計小於500號人)。它位於卡爾加里南端，東麓洛磯山上，是西進洛磯山的門戶，在
牛仔路HIGH WAY 22上。在牛仔路HIGH WAY 22兩邊有很多著名的農場，象 BAR U RANCH。
先有牛仔路，後有卡爾加里城市，此話名不虛傳。以後再述。赫赫！

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長觀鎮在高河(HIGH RIVER)以西32公里， 卡爾加里以南64公里的。 Highwood河自
西往東過流長觀鎮村。

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長觀鎮以養牛、文物和自然資源（主要石油）為著名，其出產-河流（Highwood）區，
一些很上等標準的牛肉。

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長觀鎮也被稱為加拿大鄉村音樂明星伊恩泰森的故鄉，他在長觀區擁有一個非常小
的牧場，並擁有一個餐廳在長觀鎮。長觀鎮每年定期舉行多次夏季鄉村音樂會，其
聖誕節期間的音樂會也很有名。

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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

(未完待續)