Cowboy Heros

Nancy, I didn't mean to confuse the waters.... The picture of Kit Carson, with the guy in the Navajo leisure suit, is Kit Carson. The picture ID'd as Kit Carson II, is really Dan Taylor, a friend of Carson. The portrait of Kit Carson III is Kit Carson's Grandson (Son of William Carson). ...clear as mud.:confused:
 

Meanderer said:
Nancy, I didn't mean to confuse the waters.... The picture of Kit Carson, with the guy in the Navajo leisure suit, is Kit Carson. The picture ID'd as Kit Carson II, is really Dan Taylor, a friend of Carson. The portrait of Kit Carson III is Kit Carson's Grandson (Son of William Carson). ...clear as mud.:confused:
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So the picture I posted is the boy in your portrait, all grown up and somewhat old, then (because of the III).

(OK, I promise to quit this now, before folks start to get annoyed. ;) )
 
NancyNGA said:
Thanks Big Horn! It's starting to come together now.

So the timeline of the old TV show about Kit Carson (Bill Williams) was not consistent with that of the first Kit Carson? It seemed more recent in time, like contemporary with Wyatt Earp. Probably the only thing historical about it was the name, Kit Carson. Ha!

It has been fun to try and unravel this mystery. :)
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Kit Carson was born in 1809 and died in 1868. There was no transcontinental railroad at the time of his death. New Mexico and Colorado hadn't yet become states. Wyatt Earp was born in 1848 and died in 1929. He drove a car, used electric lights, and complained about Prohibition. Doc Holliday was born in 1854 and died of tuberculosis in 1887. He was a very unhappy man.

Kit Carson's great grandson was arrested for poaching in 1989 in the largest raid ever known to prosecute poachers. Over a hundred men were arrested. They had been involved in killing Bald Eagles to sell to Indians who were using them for ceremonial purposes. Kit Carson would not have been proud of his namesake.

I think that I remember the television show. The ubiquitous Colt Single Action Army was Carson's sidearm in the show.. That model was introduced n 1873, five years after his death.
 

Dude........:confused:

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Kit Carson
 
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Harvey, the horse, Clell the fiddler, Caleb James, STEVE, Cloe Anne, Cassandra and Coleman John Swanson.


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Swanson Family

 
another of my faves although I couldn't find a short, clip from a movie of his dern it. There seems to be a lot of full movies of his on Youtube though :

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James Stewart was a heck of a cowboy hero for me. One of my fave movies was "Bend of the River" but he had a bunch. Another was "Firecreek"

 
Just one more, sorry, but the memories came pourin in;) I loved the way Glenn held the reigns when he rode..whoops, got my vids mixed up, I'll fix it..

Jubal ~ Glenn Ford

 
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