Western Fictioneers

Post (c) by Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Image (C) Doris McCraw We all encounter the unexpected. Usually fun, sometimes irritating, and oc...

  This is not entirely Old West, but it’s interesting, nonetheless. On November 14, 1889,   New York World journalist Nellie Bly began a rou...

Post by Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Image (C) Doris McCraw What was the impact of Sir St. George Gore’s 1850s hunting expedition on the A...

  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...