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  • The Water Valley Schoolhouse – A Testament of Truth

    Enjoy our new short film: The Water Valley Schoolhouse – A Testament of Truth. The Water Valley townsite was instrumental in helping document the Lost Sand Creek Site. Learn more about rifle pits: FactOrFiction5. Also see chapters 4 and 13 of our book, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site. Learn more about Robert McFarland:…

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  • How Did Bowen Know He Was Finding Tipi Sites and What is the Significance to Sand Creek?

    By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site One of the biggest problems with labeling Sand Creek a massacre is the lack of period artifacts at the alleged massacre location.  The National Park Service claims Black Kettle’s village was camped below the bluff at what is now their Sand Creek historic site.…

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  • See Photos From the 4,000+ Sand Creek Artifacts Found at Lost Sand Creek Site

    Chuck and Sheri Bowen found over 4,000 battle and village related artifacts at the Lost Sand Creek Site, all starting over two miles up the creek from the National Park Service Sand Creek Site. The Bowens’ incredible discovery shows where Black Kettle’s village was camped and where fighting took place. The artifacts were found scattered…

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  • What is the Significance of the Lodgepole Trail with Sand Creek?

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site A trail carved by Indians with their lodge poles on their way to Sand Creek is important to help mark the location of Black Kettle’s village. The Indians left ruts with their poles as they traveled side by side. The Indians moved their camp…

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  • The Lost Sand Creek Site – Medicine Lodge, KS Program – Saturday, Sept. 28

    Enjoy the video below of Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, presenting at the Stockade Museum in Medicine Lodge, KS on Saturday, Sept. 28 on the book and the Sand Creek site discovery his parents, Chuck and Sheri Bowen made in the late 1990s. This discovery doesn’t simply change the Sand…

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