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  • Grain elevator, Kit Carson
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    View of a grain elevator and silos in Kit Carson (Cheyenne County), Colorado. A sign that reads: "Kit Carson" is near two sets of railroad tracks.
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    Kit Carson (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Railroad tracks.; Grain elevators.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Kit Carson--Pictorial works.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Kit Carson--Pictorial works.; Kit Carson (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
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    1981
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  • Kit Carson
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    Brick fronted businesses in Kit Carson, Cheyenne County, Colorado, have awnings and a projecting metal and glass entry. A sign reads: "Kit Carson State Bank." A Chevrolet Vega is parked in the background.
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    Kit Carson (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Banks--Colorado--Kit Carson--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Kit Carson--1980-1990.
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    1989?
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  • Museum at Kit Carson
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    Museum in Kit Carson, Cheyenne County, Colorado, is housed in the former Kansas-Pacific Railroad depot. The one-story frame building has a gable roof, bracketed eaves, and a projecting dormer by the entry. A semaphore signal is in front; signs...
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    Kit Carson (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Kit Carson--1970-1980.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Kit Carson--1970-1980.
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    July 1972
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  • Kit Carson, Colo.
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    View of Main Street in Kit Carson (Cheyenne County), Colorado. Shows brick buildings with false fronts. Signs read: "K-C Bar" and ""Wood Mercantile." Cars are parked in front of the bar. Wood Mercantile is abandoned.
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    Kit Carson (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial streets.; Abandoned buildings.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Commercial buildings--Colorado--Kit Carson--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Kit Carson--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
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    1981
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  • Replica of Kit Carson home 1938
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    Replica of the one story adobe Kit Carson residence, Trinidad, Colorado. Four sidewalks radiate in a cross from the well in the middle of the lawn. A small pavilion roofed structure adjacent to the residence has a flagpole at the center of its...
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    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
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    1938
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  • Delegation of Colorado Ute Indians together with white escorts in Washington D. C. who formulated the Kit Carson Treaty of 1868
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    Image of a oval portrait of Kit Carson and a triptych of standing portraits of the delegation of representatives from the Tabeguache, Moache, Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Grand River, and Uintah bands of Native American Utes and white delegates in...
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    Capote Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Moache Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Tabeguache Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Uinta Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.;...
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    1868
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  • Kit Carson's former home
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    Front of Kit Carson's home, Taos, New Mexico. Long, single story adobe structure with plastered walls, roofed porch and wood beams, built in 1858. Man and boy stand in a doorway next to a wheelbarrow and a pile of fur pelts.
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    Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Houses--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Homes & haunts.
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    [1902?]
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  • Kit Carson grave
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    Gravemarker of Christopher (Kit) Carson reads: "Kit Carson Died May TH/23 1868 Aged 59 Years." with dried wreath and flags, Taos, New Mexico. Wood fence with sign reads: "Notice Any One Defacing This Stone Will Be Prosecuted To The Extreme Extent.,...
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    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Tomb.; Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Graves--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.
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    1906
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  • Kit Carson Hotel
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    Hotel in Kit Carson, Cheyenne County, Colorado, is a two-story frame building with a low gabled roof and an open porch. Men and women pose with a baby by the balustrade; a boy has a bicycle, and people sit in an open topped touring car. A dog is in...
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    Kit Carson (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children--Colorado--Kit Carson--1900-1920.; Dogs--Colorado--Kit Carson--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Kit Carson--1900-1920.
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    [between 1905 and 1915?]
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  • Rock Island and Pacific passenger train wreck
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    Rescuers remove bodies of victims from a Rock Island and Pacific passenger train wreck near Vona (Kit Carson County) Colorado. The train is in water of East Spring Creek.
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    Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Rescue work--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Victims--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co.
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    July 18, 1929
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  • Train wreck
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    Railroad cars lie crushed and overturned after a train wreck; a portion of one car lies in a river. Probably the wreckage of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado, after a bridge collapse.
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    Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
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    [1929 July 18?]
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  • Train derailed by stream
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    Railroad cars lie crushed and overturned with portions in a river after a train derailed. Probably the wreckage of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado, after a bridge collapse.
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    Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
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    [1929 July 18?]
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  • Train derailed
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    Railroad cars lie crushed and overturned with portions in a river after a train derailed off a bridge. Probably the wreckage of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado, after a bridge collapse.
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    Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
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    [1929 July 18?]
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  • Bridge washed out with train wrecked
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    The wreckage of probably a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train after a bridge collapse near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado. Shows a train derailment on the bridge. Crushed and overturned railroad cars lie in the river, some cars...
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    Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
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    1929
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  • Pioneer Monument
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    View of the Kit Carson Pioneer Monument (Frederick Macmonnies, sculptor) in Denver, Colorado; marks the end of historic Smoky Hill Trail; shows Kit Carson on horseback atop a pedestal, a hunter, and a seated woman at the base of fountain who holds...
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    Carson, Kit 1809-1868--Monuments.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
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    [between 1910 and 1920?]
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  • Christopher Carson, bust
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    Christopher "Kit" Carson, 1/2 length seated studio portrait, wearing suit jacket, vest, and tie; photograph of a portrait.
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    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Christopher (Kit) Carson in, 1859 [art original].
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    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Pictorial works.; Drawing, American.
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    [n.d.]
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  • Houses in Lake City
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    A woman, in a leather coat with fringe and possibly quill or bead work, poses in a yard at a house in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. A man, possibly Mr. Haugh, sits on the front porch of a frame house. Shows a garden, a picket fence and...
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    Lake City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Couples--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.; Yards--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.
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    [between 1889 and 1900?]
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  • Second school built in Seibert
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    View of the Seibert, Kit Carson County, Colorado, school; shows a frame building with belltower and widow's walk. Women pose.
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    Seibert (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Seibert--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Seibert--1890-1910.
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    [between 1893 and 1900]
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  • Seibert Colo. first band
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    View of a Seibert, Kit Carson County, Colorado, band; shows men, musical instruments, and bass drum labeled: "Kit Carson Co. Band, Seibert, Colo."
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    Seibert (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Seibert--1880-1900.
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    1890
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  • Colo. & Southern
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    A crowd of people gather at a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (CRI&P) train wreck, where the East Spring Creek bridge collapsed, Kit Carson County, Colorado. Derailed railroad cars include Colorado and Southern (C&S) #50128.
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    Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.
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    [July 18, 1929]
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  • Passenger train wreck
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    People gather at a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (CRI&P) train wreck, where the East Spring Creek bridge collapsed, in Kit Carson County, Colorado. Derailed railroad cars are strewn on the embankment.
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    Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.
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    July 18, 1929
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  • Passenger train wreck
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    People gather at a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (CRI&P) train wreck, where the East Spring Creek bridge collapsed, in Kit Carson County, Colorado. A derailed railroad car is in the water.
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    Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.
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    July 18, 1929
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  • The Stars Came Out
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    People crowd the entrance of the Denver Theater at 1545 Glenarm Place in Denver, Colorado; band members wear helmets, and the neon marquee reads: "Kit Carson," and "Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum."
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    Denver Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Motion picture premieres--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
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    1940 August 27
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  • Kit Carson Public School
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    Pen and ink rendering shows the Kit Carson school in Cheyenne County, Colorado, a two-story frame building with a mansard roof and belfry. Steps lead to the entry.
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    Kit Carson (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Kit Carson--1890-1900.
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    [1890?]
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  • Kit Carson
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    Frame and brick businesses line paved street in Kit Carson, Cheyenne County, Colorado. A storefront has a battered tin awning and a curved brick pediment. Signs read: "K-C Bar," "Wood Mercantile," and "Speed limit 20." Mercury vapor lamps edge the...
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    Kit Carson (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Kit Carson--1980-1990.
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    1989?
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  • Kit Carson, Colorado
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    Commercial buildings in Kit Carson, Colorado, have flat or gable roofs and false fronts. Signs read: "Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. The Old Reliable," and "Rhoades Waggoner General Merchandise;" with a depiction of a bull. Buckboards are in...
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    Kit Carson (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Kit Carson--1880-1890.
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    1880?
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  • East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
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    Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
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    1942 December 10
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Carson, Christopher (Kit) 1809-1868
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  • Kit Carson, Jr.
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    Studio portrait of Kit Carson, Jr. He wears a coat decorated with fringe and beads, a scarf around his neck, and a wide-brimmed hat.
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    Men--1900-1920.; Carson, Kit, Jr.
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    [between 1901 and 1920?]
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  • Old home of Kit Carson in Taos N.M.
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    View of Christopher "Kit" Carson's home in Taos, New Mexico. The one-story adobe house has a covered porch.
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    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Homes & haunts.; Taos (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Taos--1880-1900.; Houses--New Mexico--Taos--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1900?]
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  • Kit Carson's grave Taos N.M.
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    View of Christopher "Kit" Carson's grave at a cemetery in Taos, New Mexico. A wooden picket fence surrounds the headstone. Other headstones and monuments are nearby.
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    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Tomb.; Taos (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Cemeteries--New Mexico--Taos--1880-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--New Mexico--Taos--1880-1900.
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    [between 1882 and 1900?]
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  • Kit Carson's last staging into Aspen on approach of the D.& R.G. R.R.
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    View of the last stagecoach run in Emma, Pitkin County, Colorado, shows a crowd around Kit Carson's stagecoaches and horse-drawn wagons, a balloon-stacked engine and freight car of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, foothills are in the...
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    Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Emma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Emma--1880-1890.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Emma--1880-1890.; Carson, Kit 1809-1868.--Homes & haunts.
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    1887
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  • Grave of Kit Carson
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    Gravestone of Kit Carson with a wreath of pine branches, Taos, New Mexico. Inscription reads; "Died May 23, 1868, Aged 59 years". Wood fence with sign reads; "Notice, Any one defacing this stone will be prosecuted to the extreme extent G.S."
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    Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Tomb.
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    [1902?]
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  • Kit Carson's home
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    Front of Kit Carson's home, Taos, New Mexico. Long single story adobe structure with plastered walls, roofed porch and wood beams, built in 1858. Woman with covered head walks by, shows Pueblo Peak.
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    Pueblo Peak (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Houses--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Homes & haunts.
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    [1902?]
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  • Grave of Kit Carson
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    Grave of Christopher "Kit" Carson, a plot with a wood fence, gravestone, and dried wreathes, Taos, New Mexico.
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    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Tomb.; Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Graves--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.
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    1906
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  • Home of Kit Carson
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    Two girls stand in the street in front of Christopher "Kit" Carson's home in Taos, New Mexico; a single-story adobe building with a front portál, shuttered windows, and side wood gate.
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    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Homes & haunts.; Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Houses--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Porticoes (Porches)--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.
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    [1906?]
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  • Kit Carson, bust
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    Seated studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Kit Carson, wearing suit.
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    Scouts and scouting--West (U.S.)--1870-1930.; Soldiers--United States--1870-1930.; Carson, Kit, 1809-1868.
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    [between 1874 and 1934]
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  • Kit Carson's house
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    View of the home of Kit (Christopher) Carson in Taos (Taos County), New Mexico. Shows an adobe house with portál in a state of disrepair. The joists of the roof structure are exposed and the adobe walls are visible under areas where the stucco...
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    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868--Homes & haunts.; Taos (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Taos--1890-1900.; Houses--New Mexico--Taos--1890-1900.; Porticoes (Porches)--New Mexico--Taos--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1900?]
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  • Arkansas Valley R.R. Kit Carson, CO. abandoned grade & stone bldg.
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    View of the abandoned rusticated stone Arkansas Valley Railway Company building and railroad grade in Kit Carson (Cheyenne County), Colorado. The building has a wooden addition with a derrick on the roof.
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    Arkansas Valley Railway Company--Buildings.; Kit Carson (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Railroad facilities.
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    1989 March 23
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  • Kit Carson, Colorado
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    Frame houses, sheds and a dirt road comprise Kit Carson, Cheyenne County, Colorado. A large brick building is in the background.
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    Kit Carson (Colo.)--1910-1920.
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    1916
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  • Scrub oaks mark site of old town of Kit Carson the new town is in background
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    Mills and dwellings of Kit Carson, Cheyenne County, Colorado, are in the distance. Small trees are in the foreground.
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    Kit Carson (Colo.)--1960-1970.
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    1963
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Carson, Christopher (Kit) 1809-1868
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    Carson, Christopher (Kit) 1809-1868
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    Carson, Christopher (Kit) 1809-1868
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    Carson, Christopher (Kit) 1809-1868
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    Carson, Christopher (Kit) 1809-1868
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Places. Colorado. Peaks [From: Hart, John Lathrop Jerome: "Fourteen Thousand Feet ...]
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  • Denver Public Library microfilm obituaries 1944-1959.
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    Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post, and other newspapers for the years 1944-1959.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
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    2010
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  • Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 F
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    Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
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