Unveiled June 10, 1989
Artist: Buckeye BlakeIt was the winter of 1843-44 when Kit Carson along with the John C. Fremont expedition worked his way south from Pyramid Lake looking for an easy route across the Sierra Nevada. Carson, depicted here tracking his way through the mountains east of this location, was considered one of the best mountain men of the day. His name is still synonymous with the wide open spaces and lore of the American West, an image we still cherish as part of our freedom and heritage. It is the spirit and the love of the West that we honor with this statue.
Carson City takes its name from the Carson River which Fremont named to honor Kit Carson. The maps located on the ends of this monument show the routes and dates of Carson's visits to Nevada.
Project Commissioner - Truett & Eula LoftonThis project wouldn't have been possible if not for the tremendous support of Commissioner Lofton, Senator L.E Jacopsen, Shaw Construction, and the outstanding people who purchased the limited addition statues made to help fund the project. The Kit Carson Statue Project wishes to thank all these people for their interest, courage, insight and unselfish belief in this statue, the State of Nevada, and the heroic history of the American West.
Major BenefactorsRobert D. Paugh - Delbert L. Merriner - Robert L. Nolan - Bulbman - Michael E. & Cindy S. Parker - Henry C. Susan Thomas - Elwin O. Studebaker, Jr. - Truett Loften - Mike Schofield
BenefactorsSouthwest Gas Corporation - D. & J. Millers - Richard Cercle - Peter J. Schultz - Gary and JoAnn Sheerin - Arthur T. Vogt - Dave Greenfield family - Harley-Davidson 1938 - Marie R. Wolf - Pannell Kerr Forster - Charmi &Tony Harrah - Carole Terry - Mike Schofield - Hoyt Axton - Ceasars Tahoe - Arlene & Bill Dose - Al A. Autrand - Circus Circus - Don F. & Marlena N. Hellwinkel - Barnett South - Robert D. Paugh - Bob & Beverly Archer - Governor's Office of Nevada - Harrah's Lake Tahoe - Bob Shaw - William N. & Leah R. Harris - Mr. & Mrs. Ron Worswick - Peg & Dan Courtney - Stuart E. & Mary O. Phelps Knapp - Dr. Stan Hanes - Ethel & Bob Blanz - John R. Leibee - Nevada Museum of Art - John L. McLain - Walter & Dorothy Carson - Jack Pangborn - Charles & Carol Frederick - Ray Shaw - Tom Gibbons - Powell & Anita Ulich - Pat Garmon - Amanda M. Parker - Senator Laurence Jacobsen - Timothy Collins - Gary Liebhard - Mike Schofield - Louis & Betsy Patetta - Fred Radtke - Timothy P. Morsani - Eula Loftin - Ed Shaw - Ray Sund
Project Coordinator - Jack Harris
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