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Little Chicago / Royalties: An Oil Boomtown in Alberta

 
Looking west over the bustling town of Little Chicago/Royalties
1 of 112 		A map of Canada showing where Little Chicago/Royalties was located
2 of 112 		Map of the Turner Valley Oilfields
3 of 112 		Aerial photo of the Turner Valley Oilfields
4 of 112 		Hell's Half Acre, Turner Valley
5 of 112 		Hell's Half Acre, Turner Valley
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Horses at an oil derrick
7 of 112 		Unidentified wooden oil derrick and sheds
8 of 112 		Five men and one woman watch water spilling from a well case in the front of a drilling rig
9 of 112 		Gas flare burning in the Turner Valley Oilfields
10 of 112 		Gas flare in the Turner Valley oilfields
11 of 112 		Turner Valley oilfields
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A crew constructing a 40 inch tall oil storage tank
13 of 112 		Unloading a sand drill
14 of 112 		Little New York (later Longview), 1936
15 of 112 		Front page of the Calgary Herald
16 of 112 		The Little Chicago Remembered Committee talks about the beginnings of their town
17 of 112 		View of Little Chicago looking north to Black Diamond. Some skid shacks are visible.
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