Kit Carson (Person) AKA Christopher Houston Carson
Kit Carson
1809 AD - 1868 AD
AKA Christopher Houston Carson
American frontiersman, fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer
He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime by biographies and news articles, and exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of dime novels.
His understated nature belied confirmed reports of his fearlessness, combat skills, tenacity, and profound effect on the westward expansion of the United States.
Although very famous for much of his life, historians in later years have written that Kit Carson did not like, want, or even fully understand the celebrity that he experienced during his life.
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