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Historical Markers in Kit Carson, Colorado

 
Clickable Map of Cheyenne County, Colorado and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Cheyenne County, CO (5) Kiowa County, CO (31) Kit Carson County, CO (3) Lincoln County, CO (5) Greeley County, KS (1) Wallace County, KS (4)  CheyenneCounty(5) Cheyenne County (5)  KiowaCounty(31) Kiowa County (31)  KitCarsonCounty(3) Kit Carson County (3)  LincolnCounty(5) Lincoln County (5)  GreeleyCountyKansas(1) Greeley County (1)  WallaceCounty(4) Wallace County (4)
Cheyenne Wells is the county seat for Cheyenne County
Kit Carson is in Cheyenne County
      Cheyenne County (5)  
ADJACENT TO CHEYENNE COUNTY
      Kiowa County (31)  
      Kit Carson County (3)  
      Lincoln County (5)  
      Greeley County, Kansas (1)  
      Wallace County, Kansas (4)  
 
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1 Colorado, Cheyenne County, Kit Carson — 150 — Kit Carson
Named for the great western scout, guide, trapper, and Indian fighter. Located on famous trails – at the junction of the Smoky Hill stagecoach route and the Texas – Montana, Potter and Bacon, and Chisum cattle trails. On the old Kansas . . . Map (db m88444) HM
2 Colorado, Cheyenne County, Kit Carson — Old Cattle Trail
The Texas-Montana, Bacon and Potter, and J.S. Chisum trails converged in this vicinity. Over these routes great herds of Texas Longhorns, scions of hardy stock from Spain, moved northward. Big Springs, 2.4 miles west, was an important cattle . . . Map (db m87888) HM
3 Colorado, Cheyenne County, Kit Carson — The Kit Carson Railroad Depot
In many American small towns, the railroad depot was the portal to the rest of the world. More than any other public building, the depot touched the lives of all people in the town. Everything important to the existence of the town came and went . . . Map (db m77890) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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Sep. 27, 2023