News about Kit Carson
Elderly man breaks down in tears on Antiques Roadshow after learning astonishing value of his treasured childhood blanket
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June 20, 2024
In a resurfaced clip from Antiques Roadshow , Ted Kuntz showed appraiser Donald Ellis a blanket he said was 'over the back of a chair' in his house. The blanket Kuntz brought in was actually a rare Navajo Ute First Phase chief's blanket, one of the first type's of chief's blankets made between 1840 and 1860, and was worth a fortune.
Inside America's most breathtaking state park that almost NO ONE is allowed to visit despite its oasis of rolling hills and idyllic stretch dubbed 'Peace Valley'... as debate rages about public access
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May 21, 2024
California spent $3million on 1,800 acres north of Sutter Buttes in 2003 with the aim of securing one of the country's most spectacular and historic landscapes. The extinct volcanic lava field was sacred to Native Americans and played a key role in the 19th century plot to snatch the state from Mexico. But every road leading to the park is privately owned, some by families which have been on the land for nearly 200 years. 'The state will buy anything that we would be willing to sell,' said landowner Marty Steidlmayer. 'But that is the last thing my family would ever do.'