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Teenage Boy Scalped Four Months Before Sand Creek
In July 1864, four months before Sand Creek, Robert McGee, a teenage boy, was among a party attacked and scalped by Sioux Indians. The Indians camped with Black Kettle at Sand Creek were Cheyenne and Arapaho. However, “Sioux and Cheyennes have been living together for over 100 years,” George Bent said (Bent to Hyde,…
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Sand Creek Running Drone Video
Sand Creek ran on our ranch, the Lost Sand Creek Site, in Cheyenne County, Colorado in June. It was the biggest it ran on this part of Sand Creek since the 1965 flood. Videos of the creek running at its widest are linked at the bottom of this blog. The creek receded significantly but continued…
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Throwing Bottles in Running Sand Creek
Sand Creek had its biggest run on our ranch in Cheyenne County, Colorado since the 1965 flood. On June 19, 2023, we threw two bottles in the creek at the edge of the property while the creek was running. It left our property and immediately went into Kiowa County. We are curious how far the…
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The Great Race Stops in Lamar
The Great Race stopped in downtown Lamar Saturday, July 1. It also stopped in Lamar in 2006. Check out this video of the cars in Lamar for the 2023 stop.
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NPS Takes Down Sand Creek Monument
The National Park Service removed the stone monument from their traditional Sand Creek site in March. The monument read, “Sand Creek Battle Ground.” It was erected in 1950 and was paid for by private citizens of Lamar and Eads. An unveiling of the marker was held in August of 1950. From our book, We Found…