Kit Carson Memorial Chapel at Fort Lyon

Kit Carson, Army scout, trapper, brigadier general and one-time commanding officer at Fort Garland, Colorado, died here in May, 1868. Moved from a location within the correctional facility complex in 2002, this stone building was first used as quarters for the post surgeon, who in 1868 was Dr. H. W. Tilton. Carson had been in failing health and was brought to the doctor from his home in Boggsville (now a National Historic Landmark), about two miles south of Las Animas. Now within the grounds of a correctional facility, the chapel can be viewed on the way to the Fort Lyon National Cemetery.