Western Fictioneers

Post by Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Photo (C) Doris McCraw Five days, just five more days left to 2023, and then on to 2024. It has been ...

  Let’s talk outlaws this December. On December 8, 1874, the infamous Jesse James and the Younger gang robbed the Kansas Pacific Railroad in...

I wrote an article every month this past year in which I shared my thoughts on classic country ballads that told the stories of tragically l...

Post (C) Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines   THE TALE OF CRIPPLE CREEK  Deserted Building between Cripple Creek & Victor, CO 2018 (Photo pr...

Fall Dump Cake Time: 2 hours 5 minutes Yield: 12 servings Ah, fall is in the air... can't you smell it? Yes, we do mean smell and yo...

  Everyone has heard of the First Thanksgiving, the three-day feast at Plymouth in 1621. But how did the American harvest festival end up th...

I grew up in the late 50s and 60s listening to the country music of that era. I stuck with country music through the 70s. I made it into the...

Post by Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Photo from Find a Grave Of the many things that Colorado Springs is known for, one of the most unique...

Several years ago, about ten or so, I wrote a book called “The Half-Breed’s Woman” about our hero, U.S. Deputy Marshal Jaxson McCall, who wa...

  October 13, 1792 marks the beginning of an American institution:   The Old Farmer’s Almanac . The periodical’s first editor, Robert B. Tho...