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  • Did a Declaration of Independence Signer’s Grandson Help Save Colorado Territory?

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site A man who claimed to be Elbridge Gerry, the grandson of the signer of the Declaration of Independence, did something quite remarkable in the summer of 1864.  Irving Howbert, a soldier at Sand Creek, wrote about Gerry in his book, Memories of a Lifetime…

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  • The Dietemann Massacre Took Place August 25, 1868

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Arapaho Indians were raiding about five miles east of Kiowa, Colorado August 25, 1868 when they killed thirty-one-year-old Henrietta Dietemann and her five-year-old son, John, while he was running to his mother. Mr. Dietemann was not at home. Kiowa is about 50 miles southeast…

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  • Minnesota Massacre of 1862 Leaves 800 White Settlers Dead

    By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The Minnesota Massacre was carried out August 17, 1862, leaving about 800 white people dead on the frontier. Nearly 300 Indians carried out the massacre, over two years before Sand Creek. Citizens of Colorado Territory were on high alert, and the Minnesota Massacre was…

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  • Rocky Ford Watermelon Day Early 1900s Photos

    Enjoy these photos of Watermelon Day in Rocky Ford, CO in the early 1900s. We believe it was 1903.  The photos were taken by Frank Sherman, who famously photographed a cattle drive by the Holt Cattle Company in southeast Colorado. These photos are in the Bowen collection, and the black and white photos were colorized.…

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  • Sand Creek Hearings and Reports: Are They Trustworthy? 

    By Mike Bowen – Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site How trustworthy are the military reports from the hearings that followed Sand Creek?  Most trust that a military report is objective, without any bias.  What if information had been uncovered, showing otherwise?  Just a few months after Sand Creek, in early 1865, three…

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