Shep

In the book Forever Faithful - The Story of Shep, we have an American version of a faithful dog story, reminscent of Greyfriars Bobby!

Shep belonged to a travelling sheep herder who was working in Montana, America in the 1930s.

In the year 1936 the shepherd died. Shep followed his dead master's coffin to the railway station at Fort Benton, when it was being shipped back to his home town for burial, but was not allowed on the train. From then on Shep hung around the station yard waiting for his master to come back! He waited and waited, checking every train that called at Fort Benton from 1936 through to 1942, when Shep, now old, was himself killed by a passing train.

With renewed interest generated by the 50th anniversary of Shep's death, the community of Fort Benton orgainised a committee to produce a lasting memorial to their famous dog.

A beautiful site along the levee of the Missouri River was selected for the erection of a heroic-sized statue in bronze, sculptured by Bob Scriver. The site known as Shepherd's Court has quickly become the town's focal point.