The Lost Sand Creek

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  • Bowen Presents in Hugo on the Lost Sand Creek Site Discovery

    Check out our video from our book program in Hugo on Saturday, August 16. Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, presented on the discovery of over 4,000 battle and village artifacts, which not only show the real location of Black Kettle’s village and running battle areas, they provide the truth about…

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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 correct, without any bias.  What if information had been uncovered, showing that the Commission working with Lt. Colonel Sam Tappan, was very biased?…

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  • Multiple Sites Claimed in 1908 for Sand Creek Location 

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site If you missed our blog about the Missing Bonsall map, make sure to read it here: BonsallMap. Just four years after Sand Creek, in 1868, the location of Black Kettle’s village was undoubtedly known. Lt. Bonsall traveled from Ft. Lyon 40 miles north to…

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  • The Missing Bonsall Map

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The location of Black Kettle’s village and Sand Creek battle locations in 1864 became missing sometime between 1868 and 1908. Just four years after Sand Creek, Lt. Bonsall traveled from Ft. Lyon to the site and measured the village location.  Bonsall documented the site…

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  • The Lt. Bonsall Map – Our Rosetta Stone For the Lost Sand Creek Site Discovery

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Chuck and Sheri Bowen set out to discover the real Sand Creek site location in 1995 after they learned the Sand Creek Battle Ground monument likely marked the wrong site. Lt. Bonsall went to the site in 1868 where Black Kettle was camped just…

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