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Sand Creek Fact or Fiction: Part 2: Was it Only Women, Children and Elderly at Sand Creek?
It is long believed that when Colonel Chivington led the 1st and 3rd Colorado cavalries to Sand Creek, they attacked a village of women, children and some elderly. The traditional story says that the warriors were off hunting and not in the village on Nov. 29, 1864. It’s unclear where this theory began that warriors…
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Sand Creek Fact or Fiction: How Many Indians Were Killed at Sand Creek?
We are starting a blog series, fact or fiction concerning the Sand Creek event in 1864. In this first part we will be discussing the number of Indians killed and the discrepancies in the numbers. How Many Indians Were Killed at Sand Creek and How is the Number Changing? The official count was conducted by…
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Irving Howbert, Grandson of Sand Creek Soldier, Visits the Lost Sand Creek Site in 2007
By Mike Bowen Irving Howbert, the grandson of one of the founding fathers of Colorado Springs and soldier at Sand Creek, also named Irving Howbert, visited Chuck and Sheri Bowen’s Sand Creek discovery site in 2007 at the age of 92. His grandfather’s book, Memories of a Lifetime in the Pike’s Peak Region, had…
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William Bent’s Son, George, Stayed at the Campbell House While in School in St. Louis
Robert Campbell was George Bent’s guardian when George went to St. Louis in 1857 to finish his education after going to school for four years in Westport, present-day Kansas City. George is the son of William Bent who built Bent’s Old Fort. George was born at the fort. Campbell worked for the American Fur Company and…