'Obelisk to Frontiersman Christopher 'Kit' Carson' (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
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Dedication Date:
1885-05-30
Address:
Santa Fe
106 S Federal Place, Santa Fe, NM 87501
New Mexico
U.S
Inscription:
South side:
KIT CARSON
DIED MAY 23rd 1869
AGE 50 YEARS
West side:
HE LED THE WAY
North Side:
PIONEER,
PATHFINDER,
SOLDIER
East Side:
ERRECTED BY COMRAES
OF THE G.A.R.
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Funded by The Grand Army of the Republic G.A.R.
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Run by G.A.R.
Indigenous Land
Pueblos
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Data Sources:
“Mayor of Santa Fe calls for three monuments to be removed.” Albuquerque Journal, https://www.abqjournal.com/news/mayor-of-santa-fe-calls-for-three-monuments-to-be-removed/article_4add1d20-2bd5-5bc0-a32d-65ee7ad2ee29.html. Accessed on 11 April 2024.
“Travel for unveiling of the Kit Carson Monument.” Sierra County Advocate May 30, 1885, https://www.newspapers.com/image/613242997/?terms=Kit%20Carson&match=1. Accessed on 11 April 2024.
“Memorial Day.” The Lincoln County Leader, https://www.newspapers.com/image/47603793/?terms=Kit%20Carson&match=1. Accessed on 11 April 2024.
“Statement: Kit Casson Obelisk:” City of Santa Fe, https://santafenm.gov/news/statement-kit-carson-obelisk. Accessed on 11 Aprl 2024.
“Homeland Security will lead investigation into vandalism of Kit Carson monument.” Yahoo! News, https://news.yahoo.com/homeland-security-lead-investigation-vandalism-033400862.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD2Qm2XOZWDDE6vusBzSTkoIBNHYQmE8MQpu6STdPOpkqUOWRb4naHgnLYEn1tWGCUyUCVkSQKQYl8Pz8x1OrLK24QOCt16fLSTMgiINqCmbsp7WSOUZH5cJzt0shJEeq3Xh0ocZw1eW2WbSpeFhAFiGFZGMDpJLIBFX_YYEodBe. Accessed on 11 April 2024.
“Kit Carson Monument.” The New Mexican Review, https://www.newspapers.com/image/582963990/?terms=Kit%20Carson%20&match=1. Accessed on 11 April 2024.
“Garlands of Glory.” The New Mexican Review,https://www.newspapers.com/image/582963990/?terms=Kit%20Carson%20&match=1. Accessed on 11 April 2024.
“Kit Carson Monument.” Santa Fe Library, https://santafelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2023/06/Kit-Carson-monument-2.pdf. Accessed on 11 April 2024
“Kit Carson.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Carson. Accessed on 11 April 2024
Simmons, Marc (January 26, 1902). "Remembering Santa Fe's Forgotten Monument. "New Mexican, https://www.newspapers.com/image/583502437/?terms=%22Remembering%20Santa%20Fe%27s%20Forgotten%20Monument%22&match=1. Accessed on 11 April 2024
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