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HISTORIC KIT CARSON HOUSE
Gratings
AROM
Fotors
TAOS OF
THE OLD FRONTIER
KIT CARSON
FIRST SPANISH EXPLORERS
CAME
HERE IN 1540
EAMERICAN TRADERS AND TRAPPERS MADE
THIS VILLAGE THEIR HEADQUARTERS AS
EARLY AS
1806.
SCENE OF IMPORTANT
BATTLES DURING THE MEXICAN WAR oF-
1846 47. TAOS VALLEY WAS THE
GRAN
ARY OF THE FAR WEST FROM 1700 UNTIL
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TAOS, NEW MEXICO
Nestled high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains this
Shangri-La of ancient culture has an atmosphere of bygone
centuries. Here in pioneer days much of the colorful his-
tory of the Southwest was made — and here age old Indian
and Spanish customs still prevail.
The home of Kit Carson, famous hero of the Old West,
is just a few doors off the Plaza,
Photo by C. E. Redman, Albuquerque, N. M.
ALFRED MC GARR ADV. SER., FRANCISCAN HOTEL BLDG., ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.
"TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS" REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON, MASS.
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