The Lost Sand Creek

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  • Sand Creek Claims of a Massacre: Part 1 – The Indians Were Unarmed

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site  We are starting a new blog series, and over the next few weeks we will focus on each of the massacre claims. Some of the massacre claims include: the Indians were unarmed, they hadn’t committed any atrocities or depredations, they were camped in a…

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  • Boy Scouts Hold Sand Creek Re-enactment in 1937 – How Artifacts Tell the Truth 

    Front: Chuck’s late brother Scott Bowen, Sheri Bowen, Chuck Bowen and Former National Park Service Sand Creek Superintendent, Alexa Roberts. Back: Butch Kelley. Artifacts in photo include cannonball shell fragments, .69 caliber lead balls, bullets, horseshoes, plus more. Alexa Roberts, former NPS Sand Creek Superintendent; former NPS Lead Archaeologist, Dr. Scott; and former NPS Sand…

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  • The Lost Sand Creek Site Discovery Program – Limon, CO

    We had a great program in Limon, CO on Saturday, April 12. Thank you to all who came to hear our program about the Lost Sand Creek Site discovery. The program was hosted by the Limon Memorial Library.  The Lost Sand Creek Site discovery doesn’t simply provide a new location for an alleged massacre—it changes…

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  • President Roosevelt Visits Colorado – Eats Breakfast with Cowboys

    During his trip to Colorado in 1903, President Roosevelt surprised the cowboys in Hugo and ate breakfast with them. Frank Sherman owned a photography and souvenir shop in Colorado City. He had three brothers, Francis, and the twins, Stanford and Seeley, who lived with their family on Rush Creek near Chivington, Colorado. Stanford was the…

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  • Colonel Chivington’s Response to the Sand Creek Hearings

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site  Colonel John Chivington responded to the Sand Creek hearings and the accusations brought against him claiming he attacked a peaceful village on November 29, 1864.  The document was titled, Synopsis of the Sand Creek Investigation, and the report includes testimony from soldiers.  The massacre…

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