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His death was ruled as justifiable homicide and he was buried that afternoon. Depending on the source, he was credited with allegedly nine to 21 murders by age 21 but was tried and found guilty of first-degree murder of only one: Lincoln Sheriff Bill Brady.
Jul 10, 2021 · Discover Grave of Billy the Kid in Fort Sumner, New Mexico: The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.
Not everyone believes that Billy the Kid was shot dead and buried in Fort Sumner, New Mexico -- but enough people do to make his grave one of the most visited of all Wild West burial plots. An outlaw's fate: bumped to second billing on his own historical sign.
Legendary outlaw Billy the Kid was killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett and buried in Fort Sumner. Billy the Kid, also known as Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney was a 19th century American frontier outlaw and gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War.
Billy The Kid's death site is located behind the Bosque Redondo Memorial on Billy The Kid Road in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, in the Fort Sumner Historic Site.
Grave marker for Billy The Kid, also at Fort Sumner, New Mexico In 1931, Charles W. Foor, an unofficial tour guide at Fort Sumner Cemetery, campaigned to raise funds for a permanent marker for the graves of Bonney, O'Folliard, and Bowdre.
In this video, we visit the graveyard where the old west outlaw called Billy the Kid was buried, alongside two of his companions. Others related to his story are also buried here,...
The most talked-about exhibit in the Billy the Kid Museum is its full-size, accurate replica of Billy the Kid's grave. Tim said that his grandfather built it around 1960, back when Billy's original tombstone had been stolen and was missing.
Jul 10, 2024 · Billy the Kid’s grave is in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. As a child, Billy the Kid went under the name of Henry McCarty. Scholarly opinion is divided over whether that or William H. Bonney, Jr. (the name he used later, as in the trial), was his true name.
Oct 17, 2021 · Billy the Kid’s grave is officially recorded as located in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. And, yes, you can visit it! Just head to the Old Fort Sumner Cemetery off Billy the Kid Drive.