The Lost Sand Creek

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  • Jesse Melton Presents on Towner Bus Tragedy in 2017

    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

    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

    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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  • How Much of the Sand Creek Oral History is True?

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Some have claimed the Sand Creek oral history account is what’s accurate concerning the event. What many may not know is there isn’t a singular oral history account—there are many oral history claims.  Information needs to be documented—it’s nearly impossible to keep information the…

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  • Soldiers Fight Warriors at Sand Creek 161 Years Ago

    Over 70 Soldiers Were Killed or Wounded at Sand Creek By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site On November 29, 1864, Colonel Chivington led members of the 1st Colorado Cavalry and 3rd Colorado Cavalry to fight Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians at Sand Creek.  The traditional massacre story claims about 700 soldiers…

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