Fort Kit Carson (Re-Discovered) and The Mountain Cannibal
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2023
- ***The locations you see in this video are located on Indian Trust Lands and Private Property. Searching for artifacts (Metal Detecting) is highly illegal. Just enjoy this site for the history and please be respectful of others property and don't mess with anything.
The purpose of this video is to create a digital record of Fort Kit Carson, located on the bank of the Green River in Utah's Uintah Basin. I'm hoping to create interest in the old fort, so others will perform further research and keep this historical site from falling further into oblivion.
Fort Kit Carson was built by Antione Robidoux. Mr. Robidoux was famous during the fur trade for his construction of forts and trading post's.
It's estimated Fort Kit Carson was established around 1831 or 1832 and remained in use until abandoned by the Hudson Bay Company at the end of the Beaver Fur Trade.
Unlike Bent's Fort located on the Arkansas River in Colorado, which was later turned into a military post and then a national historic site. As a result of it's remote location, Fort Kit Carson was all but lost to history and quickly fell into disrepair after the Rocky Mountain fur trade had ended.
The Fort was constructed of adobe and as a result of erosion and periodic flooding of the Green River, has slowly eroded away. As of the year 2023, the creator of this video could find no remnants of the old fort. I was able to find what appeared to be traces of the old walls.
In 1934 Professor Albert B. Reagan was invited to conduct an investigation of the remains of the old fort. If not for Mr. Reagans efforts, all specifics of this historical fort would have been forever lost to history.
Items of interest not mentioned in this video:
1. Professor Reagan observed Fort Kit Carson was unique among other western forts of the time period. As a defensive measure, Antione had built a special wall directly in front of the main access door.
The purpose of the wall was to prevent attackers from using a ram rod to knock down the door and gain access into the fort. This also prevented attackers from being able to easily build a fire in front of the door and burn it down during an attack.
For all of Antione's faults, he was a master fort builder.
2. After the Hudson Bay Company (HBC) took over the fort, they were attacked by the American Fur Company (AFC). The AFC was trying to steal the HBC's horses. The HBC was able to gather up all their horses and move the herd into the fort and fend off the attack.
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You have a reverence for this history. I enjoy your videos vey much
Thanks Jon, I'm just trying to keep some of these old legends alive.
bravo....total bravo. loved it. might take a trip that way. thank you...
Awesome! Enjoy.
Nicey done.
My facebook page has a pic with the cabin and a cub bear in it. We were headed home from work and got the chance to stop and get some pics.
My old research of the area and the Spanish mines also led me to this same spot looking for the fort. Mind you that was 40 years ago. LOL.
Your research was spot on
Thanks my friend,
Cat
Thanks Cat. I did what you said and they said hi back. I also have a video coming out in a few weeks you are going to enjoy.
I keep checking to see how much time is left in your videos as I don't want them to end. They are that good. Thanks for another outstanding video. 😊
Thank you Kate, I very much appreciate your comment. You made my day.
You are a true historian, thank you for your efforts.
Thanks Patrick. I hope a digital record of this old fort will help keep it from falling further into oblivion.
Another awesome video, hopefully we can still catch up with each other this summer so I can show you those mines I told you about. Keep up the great work
Thanks Clay. I'm looking forward to our adventure and can't wait for the snow to melt.
There’s a book about Antoine Robidoux and a book on the Robidoux brothers. Antoine was friends with Kit Carson. Rick
Thanks Rick. I wish history would remember him more for his contributions to the west (Antione). He is slowly falling to obscurity, which is sad.
Awesome video, thank you!
Enjoyed your video on the old basin forts. You did some good research. Good of you to try and put the history of that time period for the general public. Was wondering about the land ownership on the kit carson cabin area. Ive never see any tribal signs there. Is this bureau of reclamation land? Think where the upper fort was located has gone back to sage brush and might be on a energy land lease of some kind looking from the highway.
Hi Doug. Thank you for the comment about the research, as you can imagine a lot of time goes into that.
I'm glad you brought up the land ownership issues. I almost didn't include the location of the fort because I didn't want people to get in trouble, but I was conflicted because I want them to know the "general" location for historical purposes.
You are absolutely correct. The cabin is on private land and the Fort is on Indian Land. There are no remains left of the old fort, I searched for a couple of hours. Almost a hundred years ago (Reagans Picture from 1934), the adobe mounds had been weathered away to only a few feet above ground. They are entirely gone now.
Just a heads up, if you go into the old cabin beware of Ticks. I had ticks crawling up my left arm while filming inside the cabin. Over the next 2 days I found a total of 15 ticks on me. They must have nested in there over the winter.
For your knowledge: When Professor Reagan was doing his site visit on the old fort, one of the older Indians in Ouray showed him other ruins left over from the mountain men (Hudson Bay Company) somewhere south of the old Boat Landing (I think on the other side of the river, but not sure). Reagan never could figure out what they were. We fish the river a lot on boats, next time I am in that area I am going to try and find them.
Excellent as always!
Thanks Adams and hope life is treating you good my friend.
Awesome and thanks for sharing
Thanks Doc and appreciate the comment.
@@LowBudgetExploration not as much as I appreciate the content. It’s wild that states don’t place markers marking significant locations in history. Florida does and they’re all through the state. When the time comes ask for help funding the kiosk’s and you’ll be helped. Thanks again
Good job.. Very interesting..
Thanks Dan.
Thank god for souls like you!😅
Thanks Mark. I'm hoping this video will strike up interest in future historians and they can dig deeper into the history of this amazing fort. I want to see it "resurrected" from the dead.
Superb
Thanks Chris. This video is my favorite, so I'm glad you enjoyed it. I wanted to make it to preserve the history of this all but forgotten fort.
It’s tragic this fort and cabin have been left to rot into oblivion.
Yes it is, I wanted to bring attention to it before it is lost to history entirely.
I think maybe a model "A"
Vieux, I leaned that way also for a bit, you may be correct. I wish my Grandpa was still alive, he had an uncanny knack for identifying old cars and parts. Thanks for sharing.
Canada today is named from the old Britrin, as new Britain... Don't except royalty today.. native of two lands is not known of a British native war before the purchase of the center of the now us. I'm only saying the real treasures of history are the city's that paved over to forget what's under or behind, current resources say where the untold old deaths are now the filter of yesterday..
Don't go so far out to seak the truth, keep in mind all forts now called ft. Or mountains are Mt. Yet Mount. Is the sum of 2
I think it was made from adobe bricks
I do too. I meant to mention that in the video and forgot. Good observation!
I make gravestones and would love to help erect a headstone near your kiosk in granite to portray this information. If interested contact me
Many thanks Jon, this is good to know and I greatly appreciated the kind offer to help out. Thanks again.
See two, lol french language meaning is your at the end.