Code Of The West Cowboy Stories

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Code Of The West Cowboy Stories

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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    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 .

  2. 9

    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.

  3. 8

    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.

  4. 7

    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

  5. 6

    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.

  6. 5

    Don't Back Down

    One of the things that are known about cowboys, is they don't back down when challenges come at them

  7. 4

    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.

  8. 3

    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.

  9. 2

    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.

  10. 1

    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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