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Kit Carson’s Horseback Duel

by | Oct 28, 2019 | Classic Gunfights, Departments

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Green River Rendezvous by William Henry JacksonKit Carson attends the annual trapper’s rendezvous with his old friend Jim Bridger. His crew has just finished a season of beaver hunting near the headwaters of the Missouri River. The river’s floodplain is well grassed with stands of cottonwood and willow, and the air is quite cool for summer. The 1835 rendezvous attracts a couple hundred white traders and trappers, while at least


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