The town is best known for the nearby discovery of a "Tyrannosaurus rex" skeleton nicknamed "Scotty" in 1994. The town has used the discovery of this fossil as the main centrepiece in the construction of a museum called the "T.rex Discovery Centre", which opened on May 30, 2003. The centre is operated by the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, and contains the RSM Fossil Research Station. Eastend has been home to many famous residents, including the writer Wallace Stegner, who lived in the town between 1917 and 1921 and featured it as the village Whitemud in his book "Wolf Willow". Today, the former home of Stegner is used as an artists retreat which can be rented out by artists to focus on their work.