Kit Carson's Failure

The Wild West Extravaganza

Jan 19 2022 • 22 mins

In 1849 a trader named James White decided to break from his wagon train and push on ahead with just his family and a few men. The outcome was about as bad as anything you could imagine; the men were dead, and the women taken captive. The subsequent rescue mission was led by none other than Kit Carson. But this time could the hero save the girl? Also, I rant about history!   Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly west: https://www.wildwestextra.com/   Email me: https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/   Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest   Tom Tobin & The Bloody Espinosas: https://www.wildwestextra.com/tobin/   Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Thunder-Carson-Conquest-American/dp/1400031109   Meat Eater Podcast | Hampton Sides: https://www.themeateater.com/listen/meateater/ep-298-cooking-captain-cook   Kit Carson’s Rescue Ride | True West Magazine: https://truewestmagazine.com/article/history-and-the-myth/

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