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H-1965-OLD HOME OF KIT CARSON, NEAR LAS ANIMAS, COLORADO
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Fred Harvey
RESTAURANTS
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
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