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
The Code of the West
The code of the West. It comes in many different versions.
Most of the early Hollywood TV cowboys had their own version they shared with their audience. No doubt written by some Hollywood scriptwriter.
Hopalong Cassidy had the “Creed for American Boys and Girls,” Roy Rodgers had “Riders Rules” and the Lone Ranger had the “Lone Ranger’s Creed.” Even Gene Autry had a version called “Ten Commandments of the Cowboy”
They all carry a great moral message on life and living. It’s something I tend to see less and less of as I get older.
Texas Bix Bender, the author of “A Cowboys Guide to Life” put it this way.
“Write it on your heart. Stand by the code, and it will stand by you. Ask no more and give no less than honesty, courage, loyalty, generosity and fairness.” I like that.
Most versions of the “Code” can be related back to something that was written over two thousand years ago. It’s out of the book of “Galatians.” It’s called the fruit of the spirit and you can find it in the “Bible.”
But for the Cowboy version the one I like best is “The Lone Ranger’s Creed.” Here it is...
THE LONE RANGER’S CREED
I believe that to have a friend, a man must be one.
That all men are created equal and that everyone has within them the power to make this a better world.
That God put the firewood there, but that every man must gather and light it himself.
In being prepared physically, mentally and morally and to fight when necessary for that which is right.
That a man should make the most of what equipment he has.
That “This government, of the people, by the people and for the people,” shall live always.
That men should live by the rule of what is best for the greatest number.
That sooner or later…somewhere…somehow…we must settle with the world and make payment for what we have taken.
That all things change, but the truth and the truth alone lives on forever.
I believe in my Creator, my country and my fellow man.
I’m sure all societies in this world have their own version of the “Code.”
If only we all lived by it.
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