The Lost Sand Creek

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  • “The Valley of the Big Sandy” 

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site What do we know about the location of Black Kettle’s village from the people who were there?  Irving Howbert said the soldiers reached the top of a ridge and then saw a large Indian village off in the distance starting about three miles up…

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  • Is History Actually Written By The Victors? 

    By Mike Bowen, Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site It’s commonly believed that history is written by the victors.  But how much of that is true?  What we’ve learned studying Sand Creek and other historic battles like The Battle of Glorieta Pass, history has actually been written by historians, and sometimes re-written by…

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  • Butch Kelley: Longtime Cavalry War Reenactor Almost Ran Over Michael J. Fox

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Butch Kelley, of Lamar, CO, is very instrumental in identifying some of our Sand Creek artifacts—he actually identified the most important artifact we discovered.  Even if you don’t know him, there’s a strong likelihood you’ve seen him on the big screen. He‘s a historian…

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  • The Life of George Bent: A Comparison to Bent’s Letters

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site  George Bent is the only known person on the Cheyenne side that wrote about Sand Creek—the Indians use oral history and information passed down over 160 years can and has changed. See our blog about oral history here: OralHistory.  Nearly 40 years after Sand…

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  • A Jealous Lt. Colonel Investigates Superior Officer Colonel Chivington in Sand Creek Hearings

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site  It’s unsure when, but it appears that sometime after the Battle of Glorieta and before Sand Creek, Lt. Colonel Sam Tappan became jealous of Colonel John Chivington.  They both fought at Glorieta, with Chivington serving as Major and Tappan serving as Lt. Colonel.  Colorado…

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