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Memories of Galatea, Colorado
Galatea was located fourteen miles west of Eads and was platted in November 1887. The post office opened December 2, 1887 and closed October 1948. The town had a population of 330 in May 1888. The town included two grocery stores, a blacksmith shop, lumber yard, pool hall, saloon, restaurant, two hotels, livery stable, elevator,…
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Wulsten Leads German Immigrants Across Present-Day Bowen Meadow Ranch
General Carl Wulsten along with 397 German immigrants and 35 wagons left Chicago by a train February 8, 1870 to establish a German colony in the Wet Mountain Valley south of Cañon City, CO. They changed trains at Kansas City, and the Kansas Pacific took them to Wallace about the 1st of March, where they…
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Water Valley School House
Check out our video on the Water Valley School House. See more about the Water Valley School House here: WaterValleySchoolHouse Click the Buy the Book tab in the top right of the page or you can also get our book here: WeFoundTheLostSandCreekSite Follow us on Facebook: BowenHistory Don’t forget to comment below and share this blog…
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Metal Detecting Old Cheyenne Wells
By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Chuck Bowen, Butch Kelley and I visited the Old Cheyenne Wells site Thursday, September 14, on private property with permission from the land owner. The land owner was with us. Chuck metal detected along the trail that went to Old Cheyenne Wells from Three Forks.…
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Bowen Presents at Old Colorado City History Center on How Sand Creek Became Lost
Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, presented Friday, September 8 at the Old Colorado City History Center on how Sand Creek became lost. The program was hosted by the Old Colorado City Historical Society. Check out the video from the program below: (Just click on the video for it to play). …