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Envelope reads, "Kit Carson landmark 3-27-21." Negative shows the landmark memorializing Kit Carson Pass. The landmark says "On this spot which marks the summit of the Kit Carson Pass, stood what was known as the Kit Carson tree on which the famous scout Kit Carson inscribed his name in 1844 when he guided the then Captain John C. Fremont, head of a government exploring expedition, over the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Above is a replica of the original inscription cut from the tree in 1888 and now in Sutters Fort, Sacramento." The landmark was erected by the Historic Landmark Committee, and the Native Sons of the Golden West in 1921.