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 John C. Fremont hired carson in 1842 to gide and hunt. They made three trips on the Oregon Trail to South Pass in the Rockies in Wyoming. Kit also trapped beavers in Arizona, California Idaho, Wyoming, and the Rocky Mountains. Four years later, Kit carson fought the Mexican War in 1846. He and the American Soldiers defeated the Mexicans. He also had many fights indians in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. In 1862, Carson lead a campaign against the Apache Indians to force them to live on a reservation. In 1863, he led a campaign against his will. The army made him fight the indians. In 1864, Carson also fought the Kiowas and the Comanches. Kit resigned from the army in 1867 because of illness. Kit Carson died on May 23, 1868 in Colorado. He was 58 when died. Kit Carson was important to Colorado because he was a hunter, guide, and soldier. He trapped beavers in the Rocky Mountains. While he was in the Rocky mountains h learned abut the Indians. He also had many fights with Indians. Afterwards Carson moved to Colorado to start a ranching business. ||< || Information from: "Kit Carson" World Book Encyclopedia, N/A C D Version. 2005. Images from http://www.desertusa.com/mag03/trails/trails08.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Carson http://www.kitcarsonhome.com/kc/ ||< This wiki was created by Michael T. ||
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 * <  ||< Kit Carson was born on dec .24, 1809 in madison county kentucky. His real first name was christopher. He was a famous American frontiersman. He was a hunter guide and soldier. He was a colonel of the New Mexico Volunteer Regiment and earned the rank of brigadier general in 1865.
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