Big Horn
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- Cody, Wyoming
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.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.
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.
