About the Author ~ Robert D. Bolen, B.A.
Born in Lexington, Nebraska, Robert Bolen, B. A. has a degree in Archeology/Anthropology. In Archeology class he was informed that, because of his features, the Mongolian Eye-fold, that he was part Indian.
In 1755, a Bolen ancestor was taken captive by Delaware Indians. She was later rescued with her baby daughter, Robb’s great, great, grandmother. At the time of rescue, the poor girl (just 17) was scalped but lived. The French scalp was the size of a silver dollar. Family says that she combed her hair hiding the scar and managed to live to be over one hundred years of age.
Bolens served under George Washington in the American Revolution. In 1777, the author’s ancestors erected Fort “Bolin” near Cross Creek, Pennsylvania for protection from Indian attacks. Two ancestors were killed in Kentucky by Shawnee Indians allied to the British.
Great granddad Gilbert Bolen rode with the Ohio Fourth Cavalry in the Civil War under General Sherman. In 1866, he brought his wife and six children west to Nebraska in a Conestoga wagon. Granddad Denver Colorado Bolen knew Buffalo Bill Cody in western Nebraska.
Bolen is an authority on Indian artifacts and trade beads. Robb and Dori Bolen reside in Nampa, near Boise, Idaho.
Robb owns the website, Fort Boise Bead Trader.com.
Photo ~ The author explores inside of a 19th Century stone house in southeastern Oregon.
This photo by the author, entitled "SUNSET COLORBURST", won national contest, is on the Internet and has been used in a book.
While in Denver in 1964 a fellow asked me to room with him in an old chauffeur's quarters.
I did not know until later that he was the legendary Bob Dylan, incognito.
I am standing behind him on the album cover.