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The Lost Sand Creek Site Featured on Classic Hunts in the American Outback in 2006
By Mike Bowen co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Lee Hawes, the executive producer and host for a TV show, Classic Hunts in the American Outback, contacted Chuck Bowen in 2006 about doing a feature on Chuck and Sheri’s Sand Creek discovery for his show. It was an old-time hunting show using black…
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The Witness Tree
By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site What became known as the Witness Tree or Hugging Tree, became a feature on all of Chuck and Sheri Bowen’s Sand Creek Tours. They started offering tours at their Lost Sand Creek Site in 2002, just four years after documenting their Sand Creek site…
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General Custer Leads Grand Duke Alexis of Russia on Buffalo Hunt in 1872
By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site General Custer, General Sheridan, Buffalo Bill, and others went on a buffalo hunt in January 1872 to entertain the Grand Duke of Russia, Alexis. They left Denver and arrived at Kit Carson by a special train of Pullman palace cars with about 150 people…
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We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site book Reviewed in Cavalry Journal
By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Our book, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, was reviewed in The Cavalry Journal magazine December 2023 issue. As stated in the review, this book is truly like sitting down at a table with a cup of coffee and having a conversation. Dialogue…
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Why is it Believed Big Timbers was Near Lamar?
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Many have believed the location of Big Timbers to be in the Lamar area. George Bent said it was further up the Arkansas River about 13 or 14 miles west of Lamar. The information we get for the location comes from a letter he…