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The Dietemann Massacre
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Arapaho Indians were raiding about five miles east of Kiowa, Colorado August 25, 1868 when they killed thirty-one-year-old Henrietta Dietemann and her five-year-old son, John, while he was running to his mother. Mr. Dietemann was not at home. Kiowa is about 50 miles southeast…
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Did a Grandson of a Signer of the Declaration of Independence Help to Save Colorado Territory?
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site A man who claimed to be Elbridge Gerry, the grandson of the signer of the Declaration of Independence, of the same name, did something quite remarkable in the summer of 1864. Irving Howbert, a soldier at Sand Creek, wrote about Gerry in his book,…
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Minnesota Massacre of 1862 Leaves 800 Dead, People In Colorado Territory Fearful of Similar Attack
By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The Minnesota Massacre occurred August 17, 1862, leaving about 800 white people dead on the frontier. Nearly 300 Indians carried out the massacre, over two years before Sand Creek. Citizens of Colorado Territory were on high alert, and the Minnesota Massacre was certainly a…
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Mary Marble Presents on Town of Chivington History in 2013
Mary Marble, former Chivington, CO postmaster, presented on history of the town December of 2013. This was another well attended program put together by Chuck Bowen when he was vice president of PCHS. Mary worked as postmaster at the Chivington Post Office for 38 years—she retired in 1988. She spoke about what life was life…
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Plum Creek Massacre
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site On Aug. 8, 1864, more than 100 Indians attacked a wagon train carrying freight near present-day Lexington, NE. Eleven people were killed in the attack, including Thomas Morton, the owner of the freight wagons, and his brother-in-law, William Fletcher and his wife’s cousin, John…