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* The town of Tumbleweed was called Dry Gulch in promotional material prior to 1980. Dry Gulch was the name of a western town in Mac Davis' unbuilt Western River Expedition <ref> https://www.facebook.com/139910379361960/photos/a.139918122694519.19888.139910379361960/1042615299091459/?type=3&theater </ref>.
* The mountain that houses the Big Thunder Mountain was modeled after Monument Valley in Arizona<ref name= "wdwradio">http://www.wdwradio.com/2007/09/big-thunder-mountain-railroad/</ref>.
*The path that guests exit Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is called Nugget Way<ref> http://www.burnsland.com/2012/02/daily-photo-nugget-way-at-big-thunder-mountain/ </ref>.
*The proprietors of the Dry Goods Store in Tumbleweed are D. Hydrate and U. Wither<ref> https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Thunder+Mountain+%22D.+Hydrate%22 </ref>.
*In the queue for the attraction guests can see crates from the fictional Lythum & Hyde Explosive Company.
*Another crate in the queue comes from the Clarksdale Miners Supply. Clarkdale was an Arizona mining town founded in 1912 by William A. Clark <ref> http://www.easywdw.com/uncategorized/big-thunder-mountain-railroad-and-frontierland-and-dumbo-patched-and-liberty-square-and-stitch-and-magic-kingdom-and-salad-update-part-1/ </ref>.
*Big Thunder Mountain Railroad takes up approximately 2.5 acres of land<ref name= "bythenumbers"> http://www.disneybythenumbers.com/wdw/wdwFrontierland.html </ref>.
*Barnabas T. Bullion looks very similar to Imagineer Tony Baxter
*The track length of the attraction is 2,780 feet<ref name= "bythenumbers"/>.
===Jason Surrell Backstory===
According Jason Surrell in his book “The Disney Mountains: Imagineering At It's Peak” Tony Baxter came up with this back story:
