September 19, 2011

Milestones Icon: Shep: The Turnpike Dog

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In the 1950s and early 1960s, when Broomfield was still changing from a nondescript farming town into a bedroom community, there was little doubt who claimed the title of the town’s best known – and most beloved – resident.

That honor belonged to a black-and-white mutt named Shep who became famous as The Turnpike Dog.

Like many legends that community members pass down from generation to generation, the details of Shep’s life are a bit mysterious or in some dispute.

No one really knows Shep’s story before he came to the toll booth beside the Denver-Boulder Turnpike, which was still under…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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