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
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site Nearly two years before Sand Creek, the Minnesota Massacre on August […]
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
By Mike Bowen, co-author, We Found the Lost Sand Creek Site On Aug. 8, 1864, more than 100 Indians attacked a wagon […]
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 […]