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Code Of The West Cowboy Stories
by Jacob L Tanner
Code of the West Cowboy Stories brings old West history to life through calm, first-person oral narrative. Rather than focusing on legends or gunfights, the program explores the everyday realities of cowboy life—grit, endurance, moral restraint, and the quiet decisions that shaped frontier communities.Told from the perspective of an aging working cowboy, the stories are reflective, historically grounded, and suitable for library and heritage audiences.
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Do Your Work Like It Carries Your Name
One of Jacob’s Codes says this: Do your work like it carries your name.Because it does.The way you lead your family.The way you handle pressure.The way you finish what you start.That is your signature.And in a world full of noise, excuses, and shortcuts, a man with a code still stands out.If you’re ready to build character, backbone, and purpose, it may be time to ride under a stronger standard.
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Set A Line And Hold It
One of Jacob’s Codes says this: Set a line and hold it.Because if a man has no line, the world will draw one for him.In his family.In his work.In his faith.In the quiet choices nobody else sees.A man with a code does not drift with every wind.He plants his feet.He knows what he stands for.And when the ground shakes, he does not trade his values for comfort.
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If You Take It On, Stay With It
One of Jacob’s Codes says this:If you take it on, stay with it.That does not mean a man never adjusts.It does not mean he never learns.It does not mean he never changes direction when wisdom calls for it.But it does mean he does not quit just because the work got heavy.A man’s character is built in the staying.Staying with his word.Staying with his family.Staying with his duty.Staying with the man he said he wanted to become.
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Listen Before Deciding
One of Jacob’s Codes says this:Listen before deciding.That may not sound dramatic at first.But it can change a man’s life.Listen before you answer your wife.Listen before you correct your son.Listen before you judge another man’s failure.Listen before you make a promise your pride wants to make, but your character may have to carry.There is strength in restraint.There is courage in silence.There is wisdom in letting a moment breathe before you put your name on a decision.
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Carry Your Share Of The Load
One of Jacob’s Codes says this:Carry your share of the load.That is not just about physical work.It is about life.Carry your share in the home.Carry your share in the marriage.Carry your share in raising children.Carry your share in business, friendship, leadership, and faith.A man who refuses his load makes it heavier for everyone else.And a man who carries more than his share, quietly and faithfully, becomes the kind of man others lean on when things get hard.
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It Begins With A Dance
Jacob travels south to St. George and finds a reason to stay awhile. He meets the love of his life at a dance and helps her with her ranch. Listen as they confront their challenges and overcome them to build their life together .
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Silver Reef
Jacob decides to try his hand at digging for silver in an unlikely place, a place of sandstone walls in Utah just north of St George. Listen to his experience of being a miner and his encounter with being almost buried alive.
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My Ride With Butch
Most folks think the West was divided clean.Good men on one side.Outlaws on the other.Truth is…the trail between those two can get mighty narrow.And once…I rode closer to the wrong side of it than I care to admit.
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The River That Took The Road
When I first rode into Utah’s dixie territory.I was naïve enough to believe muscle solved most things.Let that sit.That river down that a way, taught me otherwise
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What Did You Eat?
Many people wonder about the old west, expecialy about cattle drives. they want to know about the cattle, the hardships and more. One thing they don't know about is what the cowboy typically ate while on the drive. This humorous podcast gives a light hearted talk of the meals that the cowboy ate while handling the grueling daily work of a cowboy.
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Don't Back Down
One of the things that are known about cowboys, is they don't back down when challenges come at them
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What A Man is Worth
The West wasn’t built by loud men.It was built by steady ones.And sometimes the bravest thing a man can do…is stay.
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The Game Goes On
Life doesn't stop when it should, so you better know where your sitting when the game goes on. Jacob witnesses what a man playing poker does, when he thinks he's being cheated.
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When The Ground Let Go
A quiet night turned into a nightmare. Listen in as Jacob recollects his experience with a stampede in the old west.
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The Man Who Didn't Reach
Folks think that the old West was all gun-smoke and glory. The truth is , most that mattered, happened quiet.Happened in a blink. Happened when a man decided to do something easy or something he could live with.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Code of the West Cowboy Stories brings old West history to life through calm, first-person oral narrative. Rather than focusing on legends or gunfights, the program explores the everyday realities of cowboy life—grit, endurance, moral restraint, and the quiet decisions that shaped frontier communities.Told from the perspective of an aging working cowboy, the stories are reflective, historically grounded, and suitable for library and heritage audiences.
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Jacob L Tanner
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