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This week on "Voices of Taos," join Editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Martin Jagers, president of the Carson House and Museum board of directors.
Jagers discusses frontiersman Kit Carson's legacy in the broader narrative of Western colonization, as well as details about the life he led in Taos with his wife, Josefa.
Rather than a collection of artifacts, "History is a story," Jagers said. Carson's story particularly is complex and often violent. To this end, the museum, first operated by the Freemasons and now operated by a nonprofit, has "ambitious goals" to develop robust and immersive interpretive education on Carson's legacy as it relates to the the broader history of the West.
The Carson House and Museum hopes to be a resource for the Kit Carson Park Renaming Initiative, which aims to float potential new names for Taos' central green space by the end of the year.
Jagers also discusses restoration efforts of old adobe building and perhaps oldest museum in Taos, which turns 200 this year.
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