Kit Carson ventured west as a teenager, looking to escape the drudgery of civilization by becoming a Rocky Mountain fur trapper. And in the years to come, Kit would find all the excitement a youngster ...

TAOS — The town of Taos will form a committee to consider renaming Kit Carson Park following a town councilor’s proposal to relaunch an effort abandoned a decade ago amid protests from Taos Pueblo.

DENVER (KDVR) — Another Colorado 14er could soon see its name changed. In September, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names officially renamed Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky after a years-long movement ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect when Kit Carson and his wife, Josefa Jaramillo, purchased their home in Taos. Kit Carson Park, a 19-acre green space shaded by centuries-old ...

In this family centered biography, independent scholar Simmons describes the lives of the three women who were married to frontiersman Kit Carson. They include Arapaho woman Waa-Nibe, who died three ...

The Adventures of Kit Carson, a TV series from the '50s, was popular with kids due to its exciting and simple Western adventures. Kit Carson on TV differed greatly from the historical figure, with the ...

TAOS — New York Times bestselling author Paul Andrew Hutton says there are oral and written histories, then there are the places where the past still seems to dwell. As adviser to the Carson House & ...