-
The Long Trail Home
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site While Chuck and Sheri Bowen were in the midst of finding thousands of Sand Creek artifacts in the summer of 1997, another piece of history was added to their collection. Frank Sherman owned a photography and souvenir shop in Colorado City. He had three…
-
Robert McGee was Scalped as a Teenager by Indians Four Months Before Sand Creek
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Four months before Sand Creek on July 14, 1864, a teenage boy, Robert McGee, was scalped by Sioux Indians when they attacked a wagon train. The Indians camped with Black Kettle at Sand Creek were Cheyenne and Arapaho. However, “Sioux and Cheyennes have been…
-
Multiple Sand Creek Accounts Said Soldiers Could Not Tell the Difference Between Male and Female Indians From Firing Distance
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site After the Sand Creek event of 1864, the people of Colorado Territory celebrated it as a battle (Great Battle With Indians! The Savages Dispersed! 500 Indians Killed, The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), December 8, 1864, Page 2). The settlers were gripped in fear before…
-
1887 Water Valley Clarion Supports Lost Sand Creek Site Discovery
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The short lived town of Water Valley had a newspaper, the Water Valley Clarion. To our knowledge, there was only one issue, July 7, 1887. It’s possible there were more. The Clarion documented the location of Water Valley, which turns out to be quite…
-
The Bonsall Map: Bowens’ Rosetta Stone for the Lost Sand Creek Site Discovery
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The Lt. Bonsall map was the Rosetta Stone for Chuck and Sheri Bowen’s Lost Sand Creek site discovery. This map documents a place where three trails split off, called Three Forks, a very important landmark for documenting Sand Creek. Lt. Bonsall went to the…