Minnesota Massacre of 1862 Leaves 800 Dead, People In Colorado Territory Fearful of Similar Attack
By Mike Bowen Co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The Minnesota Massacre occurred August 17, 1862, leaving about 800 white […]
Mary Marble Presents on Town of Chivington History in 2013
Mary Marble, former Chivington, CO postmaster, presented on history of the town December of 2013. This was another well attended program put […]
Plum Creek Massacre
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site On Aug. 8, 1864, more than 100 Indians attacked a wagon […]
Happy Colorado Day
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Today marks the 148th anniversary of Colorado becoming a state. Colorado […]
Bowen Leads His First Sand Creek Tour in 1970
Tour Entertains Eads Babe Ruth Tournament Players Including Team From Lamar By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site […]
The Long Trail Home
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site While Chuck and Sheri Bowen were in the midst of finding […]
Robert McGee was Scalped as a Teenager by Indians Four Months Before Sand Creek
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Four months before Sand Creek on July 14, 1864, a teenage […]
Multiple Sand Creek Accounts Said Soldiers Could Not Tell the Difference Between Male and Female Indians From Firing Distance
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site After the Sand Creek event of 1864, the people of Colorado […]
1887 Water Valley Clarion Supports Lost Sand Creek Site Discovery
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The short lived town of Water Valley had a newspaper, the […]
The Bonsall Map: Bowens’ Rosetta Stone for the Lost Sand Creek Site Discovery
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site The Lt. Bonsall map was the Rosetta Stone for Chuck and […]