Kit Carson House
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Kit Carson House was a home of frontiersman Kit Carson
in Taos, New Mexico
.
It is operated now as a house museum.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark
in 1963.
Kit Carson
Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson was an American frontiersman and Indian fighter. Carson left home in rural present-day Missouri at age 16 and became a Mountain man and trapper in the West. Carson explored the west to California, and north through the Rocky Mountains. He lived among and married...
in Taos, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico
Taos is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico, incorporated in 1934. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,700. Other nearby communities include Ranchos de Taos, Cañon, Taos Canyon, Ranchitos, and El Prado. The town is close to Taos Pueblo, the Native American...
.
It is operated now as a house museum.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
in 1963.
External links
- Kit Carson Home and Museum
- Kit Carson House, Kit Carson Avenue, Taos, Taos County, NM : photos, drawings, data pages and supplemental material at Historic American Building Survey