Kit Carson
Kit Carson was born on December 24,1809 in Richmond, Kentucky. Kit didn’t get an education because when his father died, the family really needed the work. He got a wagon train going to the West of Santa Fe Trail in 1826. After Santa Fe he went north to Taos. he worked as a cook, an errand boy, and harness repairer. At the age of 19, he was at California for a fur trapping expedition.
Taos was a base camp for Carson for fur-trapping expeditions in the west. Kit integrated with the Native Americans, he lived and traveled among natives. His two wives were from the Arapaho tribe and Cheyenne tribe. Yet one died in 1836. In the 1840’s Kit was put as a hunter at Bent’s Fort, Colorado, and became chief hunter. In 1842, when coming
Kit Carson was born on December 24,1809 in Richmond, Kentucky. Kit didn’t get an education because when his father died, the family really needed the work. He got a wagon train going to the West of Santa Fe Trail in 1826. After Santa Fe he went north to Taos. he worked as a cook, an errand boy, and harness repairer. At the age of 19, he was at California for a fur trapping expedition.
Taos was a base camp for Carson for fur-trapping expeditions in the west. Kit integrated with the Native Americans, he lived and traveled among natives. His two wives were from the Arapaho tribe and Cheyenne tribe. Yet one died in 1836. In the 1840’s Kit was put as a hunter at Bent’s Fort, Colorado, and became chief hunter. In 1842, when coming