In this lesson, students learn about the life of Kit Carson, a famous frontiersman from the 1800s. They then sift through a series of statements about Kit Carson to untangle fact and myth. While ...

He was the sort of 19th century frontier hellcat to whom they erect monuments, and it stands to reason he’d pop up — sort of — in the first edition of The Santa Fe New Mexican way back on Nov. 28, ...

"A fresh look at Kit Carson from the inside out. With the technique of an investigative journalist and the maturity of a well-established historian, Dunlay assesses recent critical views of Carson as ...

MR. VESTAL’S book will be the final step in securing for Kit Carson permanent claim to the renown he has always had as the ‘Hero of the Prairies,’ the most romantic and heroic figure of the Old West.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Police in New Mexico’s capital city on Friday were investigating the partial destruction of a public monument to a 19th century frontiersman and U.S. soldier who had a leading ...