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Towner Bus Tragedy
By Mike Bowen Historian Jesse Melton gave a presentation on the Towner Bus Tragedy on October 19, 2017. The Towner Bus Tragedy, also known as the Pleasant Hill School Bus tragedy, took place on March 26, 1931 in Southeast Colorado during a blizzard which resulted in the death of the bus driver and five children.…
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How Was Genealogy Used in Sand Creek Research?
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Throughout their many years studying Sand Creek, Chuck and Sheri Bowen used genealogy with some of their research. Mike Bowen presented on Genealogy and Sand Creek Monday, March 6 for the Prowers County Genealogy Society. If you weren’t able to attend, check out this…
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20th Anniversary of Prayer and Deliverance of Curses Over Lost Sand Creek Site
By Mike Bowen Co-author We Found The Lost Sand Creek Site In the early 2000s, Chuck and Sheri were dealing with spiritual warfare concerning their involvement with Sand Creek. Sometimes Indians would cross over the barbed wire fence from the National Park Service side. The No Trespassing signs weren’t observed. They would leave something to…
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Sand Creek: Fact or Fiction: Part 6: Why Did Soldiers Attack Black Kettle’s Village on Sand Creek?
By Mike Bowen Co-author We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site [The following information comes directly from Sand Creek eyewitnesses] On November 29, 1864, at daylight, members of the 1st and 3rd Colorado cavalries arrived at a bluff, and saw a large Indian village, scattered about two miles away, (Howbert, Irving, Memories of a Lifetime…