There was a time when New Mexico didn’t have any businesses, no corner markets, restaurants, dry goods stores, nothing at all other than an individual here or there might barter. Today we have lots of businesses. When did New Mexico commerce begin and what kinds of businesses were they? I have some good stories to tell about how those first businesses came to be.

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As youngsters we played Cowboys and Outlaws. As the Outlaw we shouted, “You got me" and fell to the ground. Cowboys always got the outlaws. I think of Old West writer Eugene Rhodes who was asked why in 1895 he let outlaws stay at his ranch in Southern New Mexico. First it isn’t healthy to refuse armed men and more importantly, he said, Outlaws are more interesting than in-laws. Let's talk about some of New Mexico's Old West outlaws.

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One day I was asked about the Carson National Forest in Northern New Mexico. “I thought Johnny Carson from the Tonight Show was from Nebraska." Yes, Johnny Carson was from Nebraska. However, The Carson National Forest in Northern New Mexico is named for Christopher Houston Carson, better known as Kit Carson, frontiersman, fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and lastly U. S. Army Officer in the Civil War, part of which was fought in New Mexico. Let me tell you about Kit Carson.

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