Though he and his parents claim he was born in North Carolina,historians say he was born Kentucky born in Missouri. His first name was Christopher (Kit just being the nickname his family called him). He was orpahed as a child and put to work as a saddle maker, he ran away at fifthteen became a cook and erand boy on the Santa Fe Trail (the trail Americans used to get to the Rocky Mountains) . About 5 foot 1 Kit became one of America's most famous hunter and animal trapper. Kit Carson died after the civil war 1868.
Kit Carson
Though he and his parents claim he was born in North Carolina,historians say he was born Kentucky born in Missouri.
His first name was Christopher (Kit just being the nickname his family called him). He was orpahed as a child and put to work as a saddle maker, he ran away at fifthteen became a cook and erand boy on the Santa Fe Trail (the trail Americans used to get to the Rocky Mountains) . About 5 foot 1 Kit became one of America's most famous hunter and animal trapper. Kit Carson died after the civil war 1868.