Little Chicago - Royalties Monument

learned something interesting

Just north of Longview on the west side of the highway is a monument to the very early discovery of oil in Alberta. Little Chicago is worth reading about and the monument provides an interesting look ...

Small Monument but Interesting

This monument is about 2 kilometres north of Longview. I visited there in January on a trip back from Black Diamond. The place is rich in history but that was about 70-100 years ago when there was an ...

Fascinating history, beautifully maintained monument just north of Longview

Sometimes roadside historical monuments can be a bit scary if they are not clean and maintained. This one is delightful, obviously well cared-for by the Museum of the Highwood that has developed it. T...

a quiet informative stop...

provides an eye opener to the early history of the oil industry in Alberta...encourages one to investigate this history further...

Lovey little monument

We stopped here as a last minute decision when we saw the sign just before it indicating there was an upcoming point of interest. We were glad to have made the decision to stop, as it was definitely w...