Western Fictioneers

  On October 10, 1899, inventor Isaac R. Johnson lodged his patent for a folding bicycle. This was the first to have a recognizably modern d...

Post (C) Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Image (C) Doris McCraw "‘Rocky Mountain Jim,’ the frontiersman made famous by Isabella Bird in ...

The   SS South America , also known as “The Ship of Gold,” was a 280-foot (85 meter) sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America...

The Western genre is as beautiful as it is complex. The vastness of the wilderness, the courage of its people, the sunset that blankets the ...

Post (C) Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Image (C) Doris McCraw For this month's post, I'm sharing a portion of my reading list for t...

  Not a whole lot going on in the history books on August 8, but I found an interesting patent. On August 8, 1854, Smith and Wesson received...

 Colorado just hit its 149th birthday on August 1st! Here are some some pictures from my travels around the centennial state. I hope you all...

  Post (C) Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Image (C) Doris McCraw We think of the West, the wagons rolling westward, the cowboys on trail dri...

Hi everyone! I am so excited to announce RELEASE DAY for my book, LANDON, Book #9 in the GUN FOR HIRE series! This is a 10-book, multi...

  On This Day in the Old West July 11   Alas, I can find nothing of significance that occurred on July 11 in the Old West, other than a coup...