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Chuck Bowen Discovered Mixture of Soldier and Warrior Items Close Together at Lost Sand Creek Site

January 8, 2026

By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site. Do you know the item in the photo? During Chuck Bowen’s discovery of the Lost Sand Creek Site on the Bowen family ranch, he found ten areas he documented as Sand Creek event locations. One of those event sites was skirmish areas. Read more…
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A Colossal Undertaking

December 31, 2025

By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Finding the real location of Black Kettle’s village and Sand Creek battle areas felt like an overwhelming project for Chuck Bowen. Chuck was contacted by an independent archaeologist in ‘93 who believed the Sand Creek Battle Ground monument was marking the wrong location—the archaeologist…
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Jesse Melton Presents on Towner Bus Tragedy in 2017

December 26, 2025

By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site 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…
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Starr Revolver Previously On Display with Bowen’s Sand Creek Artifacts Would Make Great Addition to the Collection

December 24, 2025

By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site A Starr revolver was once on display with some of Chuck Bowen’s Sand Creek artifacts. From our book, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site: Starr Revolver The Albright family arrived in Sheridan Lake from Kentucky in 1887, only twenty-three years after the Sand…
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The Importance of the Cannonball Fragments, Bormann Fuses and .69 Caliber Lead Balls at the Lost Sand Creek Site

December 18, 2025

By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The most important artifact Chuck Bowen found at the Lost Sand Creek Site is the cannonball fragments. It is the piece that undeniably ties everything together with Bowen’s Indian village site and battle area discovery being the real 1864 Sand Creek event location. Bowen’s…
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Chuck Bowen Discovered Mixture of Soldier and Warrior Items Close Together at Lost Sand Creek Site

A Colossal Undertaking

Jesse Melton Presents on Towner Bus Tragedy in 2017

Starr Revolver Previously On Display with Bowen’s Sand Creek Artifacts Would Make Great Addition to the Collection

The Importance of the Cannonball Fragments, Bormann Fuses and .69 Caliber Lead Balls at the Lost Sand Creek Site

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