Kit Carson
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Military History, Discovery, Exploration
- Subcategories: Explorers, Frontier, Pioneers
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
Article abstract: As trapper, guide, Indian agent, and soldier, Carson helped open the American West to settlement. His frontier adventures continue to impress those fascinated by the West’s romantic era.
Early Life
Christopher “Kit” Carson was born into a large Kentucky family on the day before Christmas, 1809. Of Scotch-Irish heritage, Lindsey Carson fought in the American Revolution and fathered five children before his first wife died in 1793. Three years later, he married Kit’s mother, Rebecca Robinson. The second marriage yielded ten more...
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