Spanish Peaks Library District

"In 1826 an undersized sixteen-year-old apprentice ran away from a saddle maker in Franklin, Missouri, to join one of the first wagon trains crossing the prairie on the Santa Fe Trail. Kit Carson (1809-68) wanted to be a mountain man, and he spent his next sixteen years learning the paths of the West, the ways of its Native inhabitants, and the habits of the beaver, becoming the most successful and respected fur trapper of his time." "From 1842 to...

The life of Kit Carson, legendary scout, mountain man, and Indian fighter of the Old West.

Learn about this important figure of the Old West.

"An examination of the life and frontier explorations of legendary trapper and Indian agent Christopher 'Kit' Carson"--Provided by publisher.