KIT CARSON Ep. 1 | “Mountain Man”
Legends of the Old West
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The Story of Kit Carson
Kit Carson was one of a handful of legends who bridged the gap between the mountain man era of rugged explorers and the true Old West era. He remained illiterate his entire life. Kit learned early on that relationships with Native American societies were complex and ever-changing. His mother apprenticed him to a sadler named David Workman in Franklin, Missouri. This season we're telling the story of one of the original legends of the American West: Famed frontiersman and explorer, Kit Carson.
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