A federal monument to controversial frontiersman Christopher “Kit” Carson that had stood in downtown Santa Fe for more than ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect when Kit Carson and his wife, Josefa Jaramillo, purchased their home in Taos. Kit Carson Park, a 19-acre green space shaded by centuries-old ...

Encampment —Members of the Wyoming Humanities Council and the Grand Encampment Museum staff invite residents to attend a presentation tonight on Christopher “Kit” Carson. Starting 7p.m. Past Grand ...

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DALLAS, Nov 21 (Reuters Life!) - America's often bloody conquest of the southwest as it pursued its "manifest destiny" is the subject of Hampton Sides' new book, a gripping narrative which centers on ...

I. The Carson of history and legend -- II. The Kit Carson memoirs, 1809-1856 -- III. The closing years, 1857-1868 -- IV. Carson the man : a new appraisal -- Appendix A : A chronology of Kit Carson's ...