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What are the Origins of the Code of the West?

by | May 22, 2019 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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What are the origins of the Code of the West? Ronnie Bishop Tulsa, Oklahoma The “Code of the West” was born with the silver screen cowboys. It was first chronicled by Zane Grey in his 1934 novel, Code of the West. No written code ever existed but it was an unwritten, socially agreed-upon set of informal laws that shaped the cowboy culture. Tom Mix, Gene Autry, The Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy and Roy Rogers each had a code or creed; it was usually aimed at youngsters and emphasized ha


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