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  • What Are the Connections with the 1864 Sand Creek Event and Other States?

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site There were multiple events that led to Sand Creek and for the 100-day volunteer regiment, the Colorado 3rd Cavalry, to be formed. Some involved with Sand Creek were not from Colorado. What is the connection?  “I was in one of the largest villages on…

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  • Were White Scalps Found in Black Kettle’s Village at Sand Creek?

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site One part of the Sand Creek story that has been suppressed is that soldiers found white scalps in the Indian tipis in Black Kettle’s village. It is well documented by multiple eyewitnesses that white scalps were found.  None of us were at Sand Creek…

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  • Metal Detecting Near the 1865 Smoky Hill Trail at Bowen Meadow Ranch on Sand Creek

    Chuck, Mike, Joe and Tim metal detected near the 1865 Smoky Hill Trail at Bowen Meadow Ranch on Sand Creek.  One piece found is unknown. If you can identify it, please comment below. Check out our other blogs. Just click on Blog at the top of the page.

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  • Sand Creek: A Sensible Place For a Winter Camp?

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Did the Indians camp below a bluff at Sand Creek? Would that be a sensible place for a winter camp?  One of the biggest problems with the Sand Creek massacre claim is the alleged massacre location.  If the Indians at Sand Creek were indeed…

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  • Primary Sources and Their Importance to the 1864 Sand Creek Event

    By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site  It’s often said that history is written by the victors. However, that’s not the case with Sand Creek.  What’s been passed down for nearly 160 years about the 1864 Sand Creek event is mostly from oral history. Eyewitness accounts and physical evidence have played…

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