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  • Sand Creek Soldier Morse Coffin Gives Detailed Account of the Battle

    Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, reads from Morse Coffin’s book, The Battle of Sand Creek. The book was originally published as letters Coffin wrote to the Colorado Sun newspaper in 1879. He was one of the first to write about Sand Creek. Watch the video below to learn what Morse…

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  • What Does the Cannon Fire at Sand Creek Tell Us About the Event? 

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Was Black Kettle’s village at Sand Creek bombarded with cannon fire?  Most of the information that has been passed down about that event originates from people who were not present at Sand Creek on November 29, 1864.  There are two key components that provide…

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  • Sand Creek: Colorado Territory Governor, Soldiers Defend Event as a Battle

    Check out the video below to see Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, read from Sand Creek soldier Irving Howbert’s book, Memories of a Lifetime in the Pike’s Peak Region. Give us a follow on Facebook: BowenHistory Subscribe to our YouTube channel: thelostsandcreek Follow us on X (formerly Twitter): thelostsandcreek Get our book.…

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  • Irving Howbert: Sand Creek Soldier – Does He Defend the Event as a Battle or a Massacre?

    Check out the video below to hear a Sand Creek account from an eyewitness. Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, reads excerpts from Howbert’s two books, The Indians of the Pike’s Peak Region and Memories of a Lifetime in the Pike’s Peak Region. Give us a follow on Facebook: BowenHistory Subscribe…

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  • How Did Cheyenne Indians Treat Animals on the Plains?

    By Mike Bowen – co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site  The following information comes directly from George Bent who lived as a Cheyenne Dog Soldier (warrior). He wrote letters to historians while working as an Indian agent in Oklahoma. Some of the historians George Bent wrote to included George Hyde and George Bird…

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