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Chuck Bowen, Joe Harbert Find Musket Ball and Other Period Artifacts at Sand Creek
By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Chuck Bowen and Joe Harbert metal detected along Sand Creek at the Bowen Meadow Ranch Tuesday, February 6, 2024. Check out the video to see the cool finds. Items found at Sand Creek can range by era. The same place they find bullets, they…
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Joe Harbert and Metal Shop Class Make Sign for Bowens’ Lost Sand Creek Site
By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Check out this video of Joe Harbert sharing about the sign his metal shop class at Lamar High School made for Bowens’ Lost Sand Creek Site about 2010. Joe has been metal detecting the Sand Creek site with Chuck Bowen for over 20…
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Chuck Bowen Joins Rod’s Photography in 1974, Buys the Business in 1975
By Mike Bowen co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Rod’s Photography, owned by Rod Hawk, was in downtown Lamar at 107 South Main, where Thoughts in Bloom is now located. The photo studio was in the back of the Hallmark gift card store. They placed an ad in the Lamar Daily News in…
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Butch Kelly (Kelley) Bronc Rider – Butch Kelley Subject of Artwork by Famous Artist James Bama
By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Butch Kelley was the subject for a piece of artwork by famed western artist, James Bama, in the early 1970s. The piece is called, “Butch Kelly (Kelley) Bronc Rider.” The artwork appeared in the magazine, Southwest Art, in 1980. “James Bama was an iconic…