NPS and High Plains Theater Hosts “From Sand Creek to Boggsville to Camp Amache and Beyond: Chief Lonebear and the Massacre of 1864”

Courtesy Photo – Picture of some of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Chiefs taken on September 28, 1864 at Camp Weld (Denver). Chief Lone Bear (also known as One Eye) is seated on the far left.

Eads, CO – Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (NHS) and the Crow-Luther Cultural Events Center will offer a free ranger program entitled “From Sand Creek to Boggsville to Camp Amache and Beyond: Chief Lonebear and the Massacre of 1864” at the Crow-Luther Cultural Events Center in Eads, CO on Saturday, August 29.  The hour long presentation will begin at 5:30 pm.

The program will explore the life of Lone Bear and Amache and their connections to southeastern Colorado.  What brought them to the area; their relationship to Bent’s Fort, Fort Lyon and Boggsville; Lonebear’s life as a Cheyenne Chief; his death at Sand Creek; and how the family legacy continues to impact local culture and history. Biographical information about the descendants of Lone Bear and his daughter Amache or Mrs. John Prowers will also be available.

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The Crow-Luther Cultural Events Center is located at 1304 Maine Street, Eads, CO. For more information about go to www.plainstheater.com or www.nps.gov/sand or call the National Park Service at (719) 438-5916.