Wonderdog of Fort Bridger. Some soldiers of Fort Bridger found a pup and named him for a Major Thornburgh who had been killed by Indians in 1879. Thornburgh distinguished himself on several occasions before he was fatally kicked by a mule belonging to "Buck" Buchanan, his inseparable companion. Among his feats, Thornburgh caught a commissary thief, warned a sentinel of marauding Indians, saved a soldier's life in a knife fight, and saved a young boy from drowning. This wonderful hero died on September 27, 1888. He is buried in his own little plot, with a great headstone and surrounded by a white picket fence, on the grounds of the old Fort Bridger. The inscription on the headstone reads: "Man never had a better, truer, braver friend. Sleep on old fellow, we'll meet 'Across the Range'". It is said that his master lies in an unmarked grave in Salt Lake City.
Wonderdog of Fort Bridger. Some soldiers of Fort Bridger found a pup and named him for a Major Thornburgh who had been killed by Indians in 1879. Thornburgh distinguished himself on several occasions before he was fatally kicked by a mule belonging to "Buck" Buchanan, his inseparable companion. Among his feats, Thornburgh caught a commissary thief, warned a sentinel of marauding Indians, saved a soldier's life in a knife fight, and saved a young boy from drowning. This wonderful hero died on September 27, 1888. He is buried in his own little plot, with a great headstone and surrounded by a white picket fence, on the grounds of the old Fort Bridger. The inscription on the headstone reads: "Man never had a better, truer, braver friend. Sleep on old fellow, we'll meet 'Across the Range'". It is said that his master lies in an unmarked grave in Salt Lake City.
Bio by: Tom Todd
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