The Lost Sand Creek

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  • Hungate Family Killed by Indians 162 Years Ago

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Today, June 11, 2026, marks the 162nd anniversary of the Hungate murders that took place near Denver in 1864. A father, aged 29, a mother, aged 26, and two little girls, aged six months and 2 ½ years old, were slaughtered by Indians five…

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  • George Bent Said Fighting at the Rifle Pits Lasted How Long at Sand Creek? 

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site George Bent is one of our main sources of information for Sand Creek. He was living in Black Kettle’s village as a Cheyenne Dog Soldier (warrior). He was half-Cheyenne and lived among them after he fought in the Civil War. More can be read…

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  • What Did George Bent and Major Anthony Have to Say About the Government Offering Protection to the Indians at Sand Creek? 

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site One of the claims about Sand Creek is the Cheyenne and Arapaho were under the protection of the US government and the American flag.  George Bent was present at Sand Creek, living as a Dog Soldier (warrior) in Black Kettle’s village. Major Anthony was…

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  • 1935 Ford Part of Bowen Collection – Owned Years Ago By Bennie Fischer

    This 1935 Ford is owned by Chuck Bowen and was owned by his late father-in-law many years ago. Make sure to watch the video below. Bennie Fischer, who was Sheri Bowen’s father, said he owned the car in the late 1930s. He became separated from it in the 1940s and repurchased the ‘35 in the early…

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  • How Did Lamar, CO Get its Name?

    By Mike Bowen Many from Lamar, CO have heard the story about how the town came to be with moving Blackwell station in 1886. But you may not have heard how Lamar got its name.  Our town of Lamar is named after Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar who was Secretary of the Interior from 1885-1888 and…

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