The Lost Sand Creek

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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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  • Tombstone, AZ Deputy Sheriff, Who Witnessed Gunfight at O.K. Corral, Fought at Sand Creek

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site William M. Breakenridge fought at Sand Creek when he was only 17. He wrote about his experience there and serving as a Deputy Sheriff in Tombstone, AZ in his book, Helldorado, published in 1928, just three years before his passing.  One of the arguments…

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  • The Water Valley School House Nearly Moved to Eads in the 1970s – How is the Schoolhouse Connected to Sand Creek? 

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site  The Water Valley Schoolhouse almost moved to Eads, CO in the 1970s.  Fifty-one years ago, there were plans for the schoolhouse to move from its original location, at what was the Water Valley townsite, to Eads for restoration, according to the Kiowa County Press…

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  • George Bent: Indians “Took Stand to Fight” at Sand Creek

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The theory that Sand Creek was a massacre is partly based on the idea the Indians were defenseless and unarmed.  George Bent’s statements about Sand Creek are contrary to that theory.  “Black Kettle’s wife was wounded 9 times at Sand Creek and Black Kettle…

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  • The Sand Creek Village Location According to Silas Soule and Other Eyewitnesses 

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site What did soldiers, including Silas Soule, say about the location of Black Kettle’s village at Sand Creek?  According to their accounts and testimonies, the alleged village location at the National Park Service Sand Creek site is not correct—their descriptions don’t fit the landscape there. …

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