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Post (C) Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Image (C) Doris McCraw As I ponder what I am going to write in this monthly post, my mind runs throu...

Happy Valentine’s Day! Today, let’s talk Old West technology. In 1837, Samuel Morse filed for a US patent for his electrical telegraph line ...

Post (C) Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Photo (C) Doris McCraw As January comes to a close, I've been thinking a great deal about the pa...

  On This Day in the Old West January 10 On January 10, 1878, Joint Resolution, S.J. Res. 12, proposed an amendment to the US Constitution p...

My 2024 blogging series, Western Movie Taglines, began in January when I explained what a tagline is and gave examples of good non-western m...

Post (C) Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Photo (C) Doris McCraw This post will go live on December 24, 2024. It is also the final post for me...

Well, it’s finally happened—absolutely nothing of interest to your Old West characters occurred on December 13! However, I did find one inte...

Post by Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines Image (C) Doris McCraw November has Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving. In honor of those two Holiday...

 I n this election week, it’s appropriate to look at the election of two US presidents: Abraham Lincoln and Grover Cleveland. November 8, 18...

Post (C) Doris McCraw aka Angela Raines GAR Section of Evergreen Cemetery,  Colorado Springs, CO.  Image (C) Doris McCraw John W. Peterson e...