The holidays are here, for yule log reading enjoyment, here is the timeless RR story of Shep. While not an endorsment, there is a child’s book on Shep’s story "“Shep, Our Most Loyal Dog”, an excellent children’s book by Sneed B Collard III, with illustrations by Joanna Yardley
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During the summer of 1936 a sheepherder fell ill while tending his flock and was brought to the St. Clare Hospital in Fort Benton, Montana. A nondescript sheep dog had followed the herder into town and soon set up a vigil at the hospital’s door. A kind hearted nun who ran the hospital kitchen fed the dog during those few days before the man died.
The herder’s family in the East requested that his body be sent back home. On that August day the undertaker put the body on the east-bound train for shipment to his waiting relatives. As the gurney was rolled out onto the platform, a big gaunt shepherd dog with watchful eyes appeared out of nowhere and watched as the casket was loaded into the baggage car. Attendants later recalled the dog whining as the door slammed shut and the engine slowly started to pull away from the station, then head down, turning and trotting down the tracks. On th