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  • Truth Wins! Part 2

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The artifacts matter.  In our book, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, we debunk the idea Indians were camped below the bluff where the monument sat—another piece of canceled history. First and foremost, our book is about discovery. It’s about the discovery of…

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  • Truth Wins! Part 1

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site If you have purchased our book, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, you may have noticed a phrase we used when we signed it—Truth Wins!  We believe that truth prevails. It’s imperative to get the truth out there. We live in a time…

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  • Bowen Presents in Las Animas on How the Lost Sand Creek Site Discovery Changes the Story

    How does the Lost Sand Creek Site discovery change the story?  Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, presented at the John W. Rawlings Heritage Center and Museum in Las Animas, CO Saturday, March 23 about the discovery his parents, Chuck and Sheri Bowen, made concerning the true location of the Nov.…

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  • Jesse Melton Presents on Towner Bus Tragedy in 2017

    (Click on the video below to watch). By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site  Historian Jesse Melton gave a presentation on the Towner Bus Tragedy on October 19, 2017. The Towner Bus Tragedy, also known as the Pleasant Hill School Bus tragedy, took place on March 26, 1931 in Southeast Colorado…

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  • Oil Tycoon From Wichita Owned Ranch on Sand Creek – Marlene (Frederick) Shares Stories Living at the Ranch

    By Mike Bowen – Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site  Oil tycoon, Elbert S. Rule, owned the Golden Rule Ranch on Sand Creek—this land would later become part of the Bowen family ranch.  (See video below in the blog) Rule owned it for five years.  Chuck Bowen’s grandparents bought that ranch in 1948.…

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