Editing Kit Carson (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:KitCarson-FrederickWilliamMacMonnies-BMA.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Kit Carson bronze statue|Kit Carson bronze statue by [[Frederick William MacMonnies]], 1906]]

Carson's home in Taos, New Mexico, is the [[Kit Carson House|Kit Carson Home and Museum]]. His tourist attraction grave is nearby in the former Kit Carson State Park, now managed as a city park.  A Kit Carson monument obelisk (1885) stands at the [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]] federal building park.  The Kit Carson marker of bronze, dedicated to his 1844 trip, is in Carson Pass, California. A 1913 statue of Kit Carson stands at [[Trinidad, Colorado]]'s Kit Carson Park.  In [[Denver|Denver, Colorado]], an equestrian statue of Kit Carson on horseback that once stood atop the [[Pioneer Fountain]] was removed and stored in 2020.

[[Carson National Forest]] in New Mexico was named for him, as were [[Kit Carson County, Colorado|Kit Carson County]] and the town of [[Kit Carson, Colorado|Kit Carson]], both in Colorado. A river and valley in Nevada are named for Carson as well as the state's capital, [[Carson City]]. The Carson Plain in southwest Arizona is named for him.

[[Kit Carson Peak]] in the [[Sangre de Cristo Range|Sangre de Cristo range]] in Colorado, [[Kit Carson Mesa]] in [[Colfax County, New Mexico]], and [[Carson Pass]] in [[Alpine County, California]], and the [[Carson River]] in Alpine County, California and [[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas]], [[Storey County, Nevada|Storey]], [[Lyon County, Nevada|Lyon]], and [[Churchill County, Nevada|Churchill]] Counties in [[Nevada]], are all named in honor for him.

[[Fort Carson]], an army post near the city of [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], was named after him during [[World War II]] by the popular vote of the men training there.<ref>Guild 283–284</ref> Kit Carson Park in [[Escondido, California]], and in [[Taos, New Mexico]] are named in honor for him. Innumerable streets, businesses, and lesser geographical features were given his name.{{clear left}}