Thank you sir. Now where shall Dobby begin?
Of course, the backstory; lots of great attractions and restaurants and hotels is having wonderful backstories.
April 6th, 1870
One year after the Transcontinental Railroad, America's territory was becoming larger and larger as people move west. One so family wwre the York family; Harrison York; father of Edmund York, and owner of the York Mineral Co.; Edmund York; son of Harrison York and company's designer for mining equipment. They were moving to Wyoming; which was discovered by American settlers as early as 1807; where Yellowstone National Park is now; though it wouldn't become a state until 1890 . The Yorks were traveling to southwestern Wyoming; where rumors of rare and valuable minerals were found; most claims being of gold and silver nuggets (which were found in areas near Wyoming). Sadly for the Yorks, there was no gold or silver to be found; but Harrison found a shard of jade ore in his boot's heel whilst hiking in a seemingly dry mountain basin , and thus Shardton was formed. In August 4th of that same year, something strange happened. The mountain; which was known as York Peak; "leaked" water, and formed a horseshoe river and a couple of lakes. A couple days later, the "leaking" stopped, and jade was discovered in the river's bottom, so assuming that the jade came from the mountains, Harrison York decided to set up some camps on the mountain ledges, and build a mine where a cave out occurred where the mountain meets the newly formed river. Edmund York saw that moving mining equipment up the mountain and trying to build a mine where a cave out near a river occurred would be too much a hassle, so he devised two machines; one would lift boats (full or empty) up and down the mountain, the other would be a drivable drill that would first arrive on a boat, then drill through rocks and ore to cut shafts through the mountain. Everything went smoothly as planned; not counting the drill's boat sinking due to its overweighted load; however, two years later things would only get worse for the York Mineral Co. that would cause it to "sink" into obscurity. But until then, Dobby must rest, as Dobby comes up with new ideas for Shardton Basin.
