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  • Bowen Found Sand Creek Artifacts Likely Used As Cheyenne Weapons

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The piece pictured below is a horseshoe that had been reshaped. It was found at a homesteader’s dugout, near where Sand Creek artifacts were found.  Near the dugout, Chuck Bowen found where an Indian warrior had camped—the warrior’s tipi site was close to where…

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  • Repainted Signs at Three Forks at the Lost Sand Creek Site

    The signs for the Three Forks post at the Lost Sand Creek Site have been repainted. Click on the video below and learn about Three Forks which was documented on Lt. Bonsall’s strip map in 1864, just four years after Sand Creek. You can also get more information about Bonsall and his map in our…

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  • Over Three Hundred Years of Heartache and Miracles That Led to the Discovery of the Lost Sand Creek Site

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site There are many miraculous and heartbreaking events that took place in our Bowen family history, dating back over three hundred years, allowing for the Lost Sand Creek Site to be discovered. If any of these events had gone differently, Chuck Bowen would not have…

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  • “Buster” Bowen Served As a Navigator in WWII

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site In honor of Veteran’s Day, here is a piece about my grandpa, Charles Bowen, who served in WWII and was injured on a mission to Formosa. He was known by his family and friends as “Buster.”  From our book, We Found the Lost Sand…

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  • NPS Lead Archaeologist Identifies Soldier Artifact Bowen Found at Lost Sand Creek Site

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site This boot heel cap was found at the Lost Sand Creek Site. It would have belonged to a soldier.  This artifact is proof of soldiers being on what would become the Bowen family ranch, and it was found over two miles up the creek…

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