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Carson city (1990 pop. 83,995), Los Angeles co., S Calif., an industrial and residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1968. Oil refining is the major industry; fabricated metals, paper, and other products are manufactured. The California State Univ. Dominguez Hills is there.

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Carson, Kit

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Carson, Kit (1809–68) US frontiersman and guide born in Kentucky, who established headquarters at Taos, New Mexico. He worked with FRÉMONT along the Oregon Trail in 1842–46, played an important role in the seizure of California from Mexico in 1847, and guided many groups of settlers west during the GOLD RUSH of 1849. He served as a US Indian agent and, during the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, was responsible for Union (Northern) scouts in the western theatre. One of the most accomplished of the MOUNTAIN MEN, Carson was the subject of many of the legends of the early days of the American West.

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