Fort Benton, Montana - Forever Faithful - Old Shep
Field Report by the Roadsideamerica.com Team
- Address:
- Fort Benton, MT [Show Map]
- Directions:
- The grave is on the north edge of town, on a hill overlooking the train depot, up by the grain elevators and the Signal Point Golf Club. The statue is downtown on Front St., just north of Hwy 80, in the park across from the Grand Union Hotel.
- Admission:
- Free.
- Hours:
- Daylight hours. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 406-622-3355
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Fort Benton, Montana - Forever Faithful - Old Shep
Tributes to the dog that waited for five years for his dead master to return, meeting every train until he was run over by one. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
Tributes to the dog that waited for five years for his dead master to return, meeting every train until he was run over by one. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
Fort Benton, Montana - Old Shep, Patient Pooch
Shep was devoted to his sheepherder master, who died in 1936. After his body was shipped back East on the Great Northern Railroad, Shep met every train looking for his master to return — until Shep was run over by one in 1942. Read his tale in the Noble Dogs section of the Roadside America Pet Cemetery. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
Shep was devoted to his sheepherder master, who died in 1936. After his body was shipped back East on the Great Northern Railroad, Shep met every train looking for his master to return — until Shep was run over by one in 1942. Read his tale in the Noble Dogs section of the Roadside America Pet Cemetery. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
Nearby Offbeat Places
- The Stuffed Famous Buffalo Nickel Buffalo, Fort Benton, MT - < 1 mi.
- Muffler Man, Great Falls, MT - 37 mi.
- Largest Model Airplane Collection in the World, Great Falls, MT - 41 mi.
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