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 ...

Christopher (Kit) Carson (1809-1868) was an American frontiersman, trapper, soldier and Indian agent who made important contributions to the westward expansion of the United States. He had become an ...

There was no difficulty recognizing the figure astride a white horse leading a column of U.S. Army scouts on an extraordinary 145-mile expedition that began 170 years ago this month and passed through ...

Audrey Orozco, 16, who will be among the first students to graduate from Kit Carson as a high school, works with art teacher Christine Helweh during class on Friday, February 3, 2017 in Sacramento, ...