The Lost Sand Creek

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  • The Lost Sand Creek Site Program – Lamar, CO – Nov. 10, 2026

    “The artifacts are the one thing that cannot lie. They were just lying under the surface all of those years, waiting for their story to be told,” Mike Bowen.  Check out the video from our Lost Sand Creek Site discovery program in Lamar on Nov. 10.  Click on the video below.  Watch our short film…

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  • Bowen to Present on Lost Sand Creek Site Discovery Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. in Lamar

    You are invited!  Come learn about the discovery of the Lost Sand Creek Site at our program and book signing on Tuesday, November 10 at 6 p.m. at the Cultural Events Center at 102 E. Parmenter St., Lamar, CO, located next to the library.  Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek, will present…

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  • How Much Awareness Does the NPS Have of the Lost Sand Creek Site Discovery? 

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Chuck Bowen, along with the assistance of his wife Sheri, discovered the Lost Sand Creek Site in the late 90s on the Bowen family ranch. A detailed account of the discovery is in our book, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site. Get a…

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  • Branson, MO Vlog

    Check out our video from our trip to Branson. Make sure to check out Clay Cooper having fun with Chuck from the stage during the show and wishing Chuck and Sheri a happy 51st wedding anniversary! Chuck and Sheri also met Buck Taylor at Silver Dollar City. Buck played Newly in Gunsmoke.

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  • Did a Declaration of Independence Signer’s Grandson Help Save Colorado Territory?

    By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site A man who claimed to be Elbridge Gerry, the grandson of the signer of the Declaration of Independence, did something quite remarkable in the summer of 1864.  Irving Howbert, a soldier at Sand Creek, wrote about Gerry in his book, Memories of a Lifetime…

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