As the Army paid much better than Bent, St. Fremont happened to be preparing a mapping and exploration expedition for the Army to the Rockies and needed a guide. Not long after, Grass Singing contracted a fever and died, too.Īfter this tragedy, Kit left for Bent’s Fort, where he met up with Lt. During the spring hunt of 1841, young Robert fell into a kettle of boiling soap and died. They lived blissfully in a tepee and had a daughter, Adaline, and a son, Robert. In his later years, he referred to this as the happiest time of his life.ĭuring this period, he married Grass Singing, an Arapahoe girl.
This led him to become a full-fledged fur trapper, and for a dozen years, he roamed all over the west, living by his traps, his rifle, and his wits. That life didn’t suit him, and in 1826, at the age of 16, Kit ran away and joined a wagon train bound for Santa Fe.Īfter a bit of traveling around with the wagon trains, he showed up in Taos and took a job with a group of mountain men needing a helper. The Datasheet can be retrieved by clicking on the PID in the list.Kit Carson grew up on the Missouri border, watching his older brothers, one-by-one, disappear up the Missouri River or over the Santa Fe Trail.Īfter his father died in a field accident, his mother apprenticed him to a saddle maker in Franklin. By viewing the Mark List you can view and sort the attributes of the markers.Ellip Ht – The Ellipsoid Height of the mark if it has been GPSed.Ortho Ht – The Orthometric Height (Elevation) of the mark.HOrder – The Horizontal Order of the mark.Pos Source – Lists the source of the position.V Order – The Vertical Order of the bench mark.Elev Source – Lists the source of the elevation.Control Type – The type of control the mark is plotted on the map **Read the Symbology section of Help for more information.PID – The PID of the mark with a hyperlink to the Datasheet.The following attributes are listed for each mark.
To view information about a control mark click on the marker on the map.By clicking on the PIDs listed you can view the Datasheet.You can sort the mark list by any attribute when clicking on the headers of the table.Click on the View List button at the top of the menu to the left.To view the Mark List there must be marks plotted on the map.Select all of the types of marks to plot on the map.Click on the Map Layers section on the menu to the left.
You can change the radius used to plot marks under the Map Layers (15 mile max in Internet Explorer, 30 mile max other browsers).Right click on the map in your area of interest and select 'Place X'.Use the Go To Location on the menu to the left to zoom into the region and plot marks.
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