In this lesson, students learn about the life of Kit Carson, a famous frontiersman from the 1800s. They then sift through a series of statements about Kit Carson to untangle fact and myth.

Drawing from “Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West,” a nonfiction book about the 19th-century transformation of the West, students analyzed the complex consequences of Kit Carson ...

Kit Carson Elementary was named before CCSD policy ... Concerns over enrollment and finances Garvey said that Toland is a phenomenal person who is well-deserving of a school being named after ...

TAOS — A representative of Taos Pueblo has joined a committee working to rename Kit Carson Park, named for the controversial 19th century frontiersman, trapper, soldier and Indian agent.