In 1849 a trader named James White decided to break from his wagon train and push on ahead with just his family and a few men. The outcome was about as bad as anything you could imagine; the men were ...

In 1864 famed frontiersman Kit Carson took a force of several hundred soldiers into the heart of the Llano Estacada in an attempt to punish the Comanche for their recent raids. What followed was a ...

THR film reporter Tim Appelo remembers how the late producer launched the filmmaker's career by championing 'Bottle Rocket' By Tim Appelo L.M. Kit Carson - H 2014 Phillips pranced back into Babylon ...

John Carson is not having a peaceful retirement. But Carson brought more than enthusiasm and knowledge to his role. He brought a pedigree, not that he made big deal of the connection wile he was on ...

TAOS — The town of Taos will form a committee to consider renaming Kit Carson Park following a town councilor’s proposal to relaunch an effort abandoned a decade ago amid protests from Taos Pueblo.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal monument to controversial frontiersman Christopher “Kit” Carson that had stood in downtown Santa Fe for more than 140 ...

Hero or villain?What Kit Carson meant to New Mexico depends on who you ask.A panel presented the role of this controversial figure in history to the Albuquerque Public Schools board Wednesday ...