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. While ...

"A fresh look at Kit Carson from the inside out. With the technique of an investigative journalist and the maturity of a well-established historian, Dunlay assesses recent critical views of Carson as ...

MR. VESTAL’S book will be the final step in securing for Kit Carson permanent claim to the renown he has always had as the ‘Hero of the Prairies,’ the most romantic and heroic figure of the Old West.

This edition of Caprock Chronicles is written by Chuck Lanehart. It is the first of three articles, written by him, on the history of Adobe Walls. The series is edited by Jack Becker a librarian at ...