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Happy Colorado Day
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Today marks the 148th anniversary of Colorado becoming a state. Colorado became a territory on February 28, 1861. According to colorado.gov, the Colorado State Constitution was drafted March 1, 1876, approved by the voters on July 1, and went into effect August 1, 1876. …
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Bowen Leads His First Sand Creek Tour in 1970
Tour Entertains Eads Babe Ruth Tournament Players Including Team From Lamar By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Over 25 years before Chuck and Sheri Bowen discovered the Lost Sand Creek Site, Chuck presented his first Sand Creek tour in the summer of ‘70. He was not aware at the time…
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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…
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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…
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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…