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
Today in History
The Gunfight at the OK Corral
On October 26. 1881, this one event would become a legendary piece of American Old West History. It has been dramatized, theorized and idolized for one hundred and twenty six years now. Numerous articles and books have been written about it and several movies have been made depicting this event.
The members of the Clanton/McLaury gang were notorious murderers and cattle thieves.
The Earp brothers and Doc Holiday were there to help Wyatt keep the peace in one of the wildest towns in the West, Tombstone Arizona.
The showdown was actually a power struggle for the control of Tombstone. If the Clanton gang had taken down the Earp brothers that day, the history of Tombstone would have read very different today. It was imperative to bring law and order to Tombstone and ending the reign of the Clanton gang was a necessary step toward that end.
Thirty seconds and thirty shots was all it took, and 126 years later, were still talking about it. It’s a very important piece of Arizona as well as Old West and American history.
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