Editing Kit Carson (section)

=== "Kit Carson Days" celebrations ===
The celebration of a community's past was a popular event by early in the twentieth century.  A mountain man or "Kit Carson" themed history celebration was one of many that began to appear.  They were not events to retell the accurate life of Kit Carson, but the mythic Kit.  [[Alamosa, Colorado]], [[Taos, New Mexico]], [[Jackson, California]] and elsewhere all had begun hosting "Kit Carson Days" celebrations by the 1930s.  The event would have a mountain man camp, part of a living history spectacle, and include muzzle loading musket firing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chattanooga News |date=February 18, 1937}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Miami News |date=March 10, 1940}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=San Francisco Examiner |date=May 25, 1941}}</ref>

By the 1960s, [[Escondido, California]]'s "Kit Carson Days" celebration included a reenactment of the "Battle of San Pasqual" and Indian dances at Kit Carson Park.<ref>{{cite news |title=Times Advocate |date=July 15, 1969}}</ref> Some advertised an emphasis on family fun, with children at the end of a parade—the "Kiddie Carson" parade—and young women competing to be "Kittie Carson".<ref>{{cite news |title=Times Advocate |date=October 10, 1969}}</ref> Because of COVID-19, none were scheduled for 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kit Carson Mountain Man Days |url=https://suttercreek.org/sutter-creek-events-kit-carson-mountain-men-days-of-49-wagon-train/#:~:text=KIT%20CARSON%20MOUNTAIN%20MEN%20%E2%80%9CDAYS%20OF%2049%E2%80%9D%20WAGON%20TRAIN,-(canceled)&text=The%20colorful%20Kit%20Carson%20Mountain,and%20encampments%20along%20the%20way. |website=Sutter Creek.org |access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |title=Kit Carson Days |url=http://mocobps.com/KCMM.htm |access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref>