Long before viral dogs and Instagram-famous pets, Colorado had Shep. He a scruffy, loyal mutt who quite literally showed up to work and never clocked out.
The legend of Shep the Turnpike Dog begins in 1950, when he wandered onto a construction site along what would become the Boulder–Denver Turnpike.
No collar. No owner. No explanation. Just a dog who apparently decided, “Yep, this is my place now.”…