Another prequel in the Yellowstone-verse, 1923, has wrapped up after the Season 2 finale, and all we can say is it was full of losses and heartbreak, especially for Spencer Dutton. While he welcomed his first child with Alex, he couldn't save her from the brutal Montana winter.
However, Season 2 wasn't just about the Duttons and how they once again saved the ranch; it also revealed how the infamous “train station” was actually discovered. Surprisingly, it wasn't found by the Duttons in the first place, like many fans might have assumed.
If you’ve seen Yellowstone, you already know that the train station is code for something deadly. It's actually a remote and hidden canyon, far from civilization, that the Duttons use to permanently get rid of anyone who poses a serious threat to them or their land.
However, the 1923 season 2 revealed that it was Donald Whitfield who first discovered the train station and even used it to dispose of the body of the prostitute named Christy.
The odd part? None of the Duttons ever learn about this place in the events shown in 1923. Whitfield, who knew about it dies without passing that knowledge along. So, it raises a big question: How did this location eventually become such a key part of the Duttons’ operations in Yellowstone?
Keep reading to learn how the Duttons' enemy found the train station in 1923.
The "Train station" in Yellowstone wasn't the Duttons' idea: 1923 reveals the origin
In the 1923 episode titled Journey to the Rivers of Iron, it's revealed that it wasn’t a Dutton who found the train station, but Donald Whitfield. The businessman had been planning to take away the ranch to build a ski resort.
To proceed with his plan, Whitfield meets with his partner-in-crime, Banner Creighton. The businessman tells Banner that he has paid the Duttons' unpaid taxes, and if they fail to pay him back, the ranch will legally become his.
Then comes the major moment: Whitfield shows Banner a map of Montana and Wyoming. He points to a specific area on the border and explains it as a county that has no towns, no privately owned land, and no people.
Not only this, it also has no jury, no judge, and no sheriff, which means, legally, there’s no one to charge you with a crime if you dump a body there. Whitfield says:
"There are no 12 jurors of your peers. There is no judge, there is no sheriff, which is to say, there is no crime. I don't care where you kill them, you dump them here."
This is when he's talking about the train station we know from Yellowstone, which was found by Donald Whitfield in 1923 Season 2. In the flagship series, the station is treated almost like a sacred code among Dutton ranch hands. But now, it appears to have started as a sinister loophole used by a villain.
Additionally, Whitfield is now dead, and he didn't tell the Duttons about the dumping place in the prequel. So, if the upcoming prequel doesn't connect the dots, it might lead to a continuity issue since Yellowstone always implied that the train station was a generational Dutton secret, not borrowed from an enemy. This way, it becomes the root of the recton mentioned above.
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The first victim of the train station wasn't a Dutton enemy
Another key detail about the place in 1923 is that one of Whitfield’s prostitutes, Christy, is the first known person to be dumped at the train station. Since she wasn't a threat to the titular family or their land, the Duttons had no involvement in dumping the first victim.
In the same episode, Lindy reveals to Whitfield that Christy had been choked to death, and this is when the businessman asks Banner to take her corpse with him. He says:
"When you go to the border, Banner, would you be so kind as to take this with you?"
Banner then asks if it would be safe to just throw her dead body like this, to which Whitfiled replies, "Consider it practice", suggesting he has decided to use the train station as the place to dump dead bodies to escape justice.
This means that the first body left at the canyon wasn’t tied to the Duttons, which could rewrite history. It will also weaken the idea of the train station being part of the Dutton legacy if future shows don’t connect the dots carefully.
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