Metal Detecting Old Cheyenne Wells
By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Chuck Bowen, Butch Kelley and I visited the Old Cheyenne Wells […]
Bowen Presents at Old Colorado City History Center on How Sand Creek Became Lost
Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, presented Friday, September 8 at the Old Colorado City History Center on […]
How Did We Get Involved in Sand Creek?
By Mike Bowen When it comes to Sand Creek, we don’t have a dog in this fight. We don’t have any ancestors […]
Minnesota Massacre of 1862 Leaves 800 Dead, People In Colorado Territory Fearful of Similar Attack
Nearly two years before Sand Creek, the Minnesota Massacre on August 17, 1862, left eight hundred dead. The massacre left the people […]
Rocky Ford Watermelon Day Early 1900s
Enjoy these photos of Watermelon Day in Rocky Ford, CO in the early 1900s. We believe it was 1903. The photos were […]
Plum Creek Massacre: A Catalyst For Sand Creek
Plum Creek Massacre On Aug. 8, 1864, more than 100 Indians attacked a wagon train carrying freight from Sidney, Iowa, to Denver. […]
Bowen Presents in Springfield, CO on How Sand Creek Became Lost
How did Sand Creek become lost? Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site, presented on the book and how […]
Bowen Leads First Sand Creek Tour in 1970
Chuck Bowen led his first Sand Creek tour 53 years ago. He was not aware at the time of the massive discovery […]
How Did Sand Creek Become Lost? – Cheyenne Wells, CO Presentation
We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site co-author, Mike Bowen, presented on how Sand Creek became lost in Cheyenne Wells, CO on […]
Teenage Boy Scalped Four Months Before Sand Creek
In July 1864, four months before Sand Creek, Robert McGee, a teenage boy, was among a party attacked and scalped by Sioux […]