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    Kit Carson

    Kit Carson

    Carson on a visit to Washington, DC, in early 1868

    Born(1809-12-24)December 24, 1809

    Richmond, Kentucky

    DiedMay 23, 1868(1868-05-23) (aged 58)

    Fort Lyon, Colorado

    Resting placeKit Carson Cemetery
    Taos, New Mexico
    NationalityAmerican
    Occupation(s)Mountain man, frontiersman, guide, Indian agent, US Army officer
    Known forOpening the American West to European settlement Carson City, Nevada namesake
    Spouses
    • Waanibe
    • Making-Out-Road
    • Josefa Jaramillo
    Allegiance United States of America
    Union
    Service/branchUnion Army
    RankBrevetBrigadier General
    Commands held1st New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
    Battles/warsMexican–American War

    Jicarilla War

    American Civil War

    Navajo Wars

    Plains Indian Wars

    Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson, (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman, a career that involved four chief occupations: mountain man, guid