Signature Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American mountain man (fur trapper), wilderness guide, Indian agent, and American Army officer. Carson became a frontier legend in his own lifetime via biographies and news articles. Exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of several dime novels. Carson left home in rural present-day Missouri at age 16 and became a mountain man and trapper in the...
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Signature Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American mountain man (fur trapper), wilderness guide, Indian agent, and American Army officer. Carson became a frontier legend in his own lifetime via biographies and news articles. Exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of several dime novels. Carson left home in rural present-day Missouri at age 16 and became a mountain man and trapper in the...