Welcome to the “My Place” page
 My name is Scott
I run the Rope and Wire website.
My original idea for this page was to give those living in the country the opportunity to tell others about the things that made their farm or ranch so special.
Well, I’ve come to the conclusion that either no one likes to brag or no one lives on a farm or a ranch. Whatever the case, no one submitted an article so I felt it was high time to try something different.
So for now this will be literally “My Place.” I’ll use this page to post a western blog or short articles. They will either be mine, or possibly one from a contributing R&W community member.
The theme will remain Western but the content will change weekly, or there about.
If you click on any of the links to past blog's, you can return to this page by clicking on the My Place button across from my picture.
I hope you enjoy it but if not, might I suggest you “stroll the grounds.” Read a story or watch a movie.
Thanks for visiting.
Scott
"Four Corners" tourist attraction...oops!
A friend of mine, western author Jim Griffin, sent me an email today. He had just returned from a vacation where one of his stops included the popular “Four Corners” tourist attraction. For those of you who haven’t heard of the Four Corners, it’s where the boundaries of four of our western states, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah intersect. In fact, it’s the only area of our country where four states touch. The original survey was completed in 1868.
Tourists who think they're putting a hand or foot in each of four states at the Four Corners Monument area are apparently missing the mark. A new survey has determined the original survey to be a bit off. And we're not talking mere inches or feet, or even yards for that matter. It seems the original surveyors made a few “minor” miscalculations. It turns out the actual “Four Corners” is a bit further West…by about 2 ½ miles. The original surveyors miscalculated Colorado’s Southern boundary, which puts the Four Corners Monument entirely within the state of Arizona.
The Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department run the landmark. Despite its isolated and somewhat remote location, it’s a popular tourist attraction. An admission fee is required to view and photograph the monument. I wonder how next year’s revenues for this tourist attraction will hold up or will they be “off” as well?
I doubt if there are any plans in the works to move either the tourist attraction or the boundary. In fact, San Juan County surveyor David Bronson calls the current location of the present monument, the “Accepted Location.” He acknowledges that a two and a half mile miscalculation is quite a discrepancy, but stressed, “Once it was set, it remained.” Although in light of these new findings, there are at least a couple of States that might have something to say about that.
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