Title: Old Home of Kit Carson, Near Las Animas, Colorado (CO), Linen unused
Description:
Christopher or "Kit" Carson, as he was known in the early days of the West, was born in Kentucky in 1808. He migrated to Colorado and New Mexico in 1827 and from that time until the United States Army, under General Kearney, made their expedition into the Southwest, he trapped and hunted from the Arkansas River to the Pacific Coast. For many years he was in the employ of the United States Government as a scout and guide and it was he who led the way for General Fremont. He died May 23rd, 1869 and is buried in the pueblo of Taos, New Mexico
