Kit Carson Rock

Fact or Legend?

Photo by Sharolynn Trujillo, and shared with WGH&HS in 2021

According to some “the famous scout carved his name and the intials of his wife, J.J. (Josepha Jaramillo)” on this rock outside of Wetmore.

The rock has been secured with iron rods to protect it from theft.

Read an article written in the Pueblo Chieftain from February 2025 and republished by the Wet Mountain Tribune HERE

Click HERE to view as a PDF (scroll down to page 4)

(archived on the Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection)

Waymarking.com has a write up HERE

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