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    		• Lukeman, Augustus,
     
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    		• Roth, Frederick George Richard,
     
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    		• Jno. Williams, Inc.,
     
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    		• Milford Granite Company,
     
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    		• Pople Brothers,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Carson, Kit
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Trinidad
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Kit Carson, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lukeman, Augustus, 1871-1935, sculptor.
    Roth, Frederick George Richard, 1872-1944, sculptor.
    Jno. Williams, Inc., founder.
    Milford Granite Company, fabricator.
    Pople Brothers, contractor.
    Title: 
    Kit Carson, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Christopher Carson, (sculpture).
    Kit Carson Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned Feb. 14, 1911. 1912. Dedicated June 1, 1913.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze, with patina; Base: Milford granite or Deer Island granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 144 x 137 1/2 x 46 in.; Base: approx. 98 1/2 x 163 1/2 x 108 in. (Sculpture: 4,000 lbs.; Base; 123,270 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On front lower left of bronze base of sculpture:) Augustus Lukeman/Frederick G. R. Roth 1912/Sculptors N.Y. (On back lower left of sculpture's bronze base:) Jno Williams Inc Bronze Foundry N Y (Front of base, incised lettering:) CHRISTOPHER CARSON/(Left column:) MADISON COUNTY/KENTUCKY/DEC.24.1809./(Right column:) FORT LYONS/COLORADO/MAY.23.1868 (Upper rear of base, incised lettering:) KIT CARSON signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Bronze equestrian portrait of hunter and scout Kit Carson, seen wearing frontiersman garb, including a wide-brimmed hat and buckskin coat. His proper right hand is outstretched, and his proper left arm cradles a rifle and holds the reins. The horse appears in mid-strut, with its proper right front leg raised. The sculpture is mounted upon a multitiered, polished granite base, and enclosed by a picket fence.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Carson, Kit -- Full length
    Equestrian
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Trinidad
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Trinidad, Parks and Recreation, 135 North Animas, Trinidad, Colorado 81082
    Located Kit Carson Park, Bounded by Kansas, Rosita, Topeka, & San Pedro Streets, Trinidad, Colorado
    Remarks: 
    The monument commemorates Christopher "Kit" Carson (1809-1868) and is sited in the park named after him. The sculpture cost was $13,380, funded through subscription, with a donation from Daniel L. Taylor. Taylor was a former Mayor of Trinidad and a friend of Carson's, donating the land for Kit Carson Park on Dec. 8, 1903. The Park and the monument were dedicated together in 1913. The contract for the monument was let on Feb. 14, 1911. The figure of Carson was sculpted by Augustus Lukeman, who worked from photographs of Carson. The figure of the horse was sculpted by Frederick Roth. The base was fabricated by the Milford Granite Company, and the stone set by the Pople Brothers. The dedication, originally scheduled for May 30, 1913, took place on June 1, 1913, because of rain. The site where the sculpture is installed was originally site of a marker for the Sante Fe Trail, but marker was relocated in order to give the monument the most prominent location in the Park. The monument was repaired in June 1987, by Bill Tcherneshoff, Santa Fe Bronze.
    IAS files contain photocopy of dedication program; correspondence from artist Daniel Chester French to the Augustus Lukeman, dated July 12, 1912; correspondence from Augustus Lukeman dated Jan. 11, 1911, March 20, 1911, March 30, 1911, Dec. 13, 1912; related newspaper articles from the Chronicle-News (Trinidad, CO): Feb. 3, 1911; May 31, 1913; Jan. 22, 1963; June 25, 1987; May 1988, pg. 6; and excerpt from Dean Krakel's "Mitch: On the Tail End of the Old West," Oklahoma City, OK: Powder River Book Company, 1981, pg. 18-19.
    References: 
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CO7011, 1989.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.
    Monumental News, June 1913, pg. 414.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Chronicle-News (Trinidad, CO), May 6, 1988.
    Monumental News, June 1913, pg. 414.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS CO000593
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