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Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who is alleged to have killed 21 men before he was shot and killed at the age of 21.
- The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid
Purpose. In the weeks that followed the death of Billy the...
- Brushy Bill Roberts
Brushy Bill Roberts (August 26, 1879 – December 27, 1950;...
- Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
Plot. In 1909, near Las Cruces, New Mexico, Pat Garrett is...
- Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Fort Sumner is a village in and the county seat of De Baca...
- John Tunstall
John Henry Tunstall (6 March 1853 – 18 February 1878) was an...
- Lincoln County Regulators
William H. Bonney, aka Billy the Kid or Henry McCarty, would...
- Lincoln County War
The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between...
- Dave Rudabaugh
David Rudabaugh (July 14, 1854 – February 18, 1886) was a...
- Doc Scurlock
Scurlock accidentally shot and killed his friend, Mike G....
- Buckshot Roberts
Andrew L. "Buckshot" Roberts (c. 1831 – April 5, 1878) was...
- The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid
May 2, 2007 · The young cowboy was a small-time rustler and not particularly sought by the law. He was using the name William H. Bonney, but everyone called him “Kid.” No more than 20 years old, probably younger, Kid had experienced a lot of action in his short life.
The Kid assumes the alias William H. Bonney. He is arrested and jailed in Lincoln County for possessing horses belonging to cattleman John Tunstall.
Aug 16, 2017 · In his only authenticated photograph Bonney squints into the camera with a “jaunty daredevil kind of an expression,” to quote a period reporter. Although out of focus, the image does capture the intelligence, willfulness and cheerful demeanor so many of his contemporaries describe.
- Richard Weddle
Mar 30, 2017 · History tells us that the outlaw known as Billy the Kid (aka Henry McCarty, aka William Bonney) was gunned down—at the ripe old age of 21—by Sheriff Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881, in Fort...
Oct 11, 2015 · Though the only confirmed photo of Bonney was purchased by one of the Koch brothers for $2.3 million four years ago, National Geographic, Kevin Costner, and a television production crew are exploring claims of a recently discovered, disputed image that, if authenticated, could apparently be the most valuable photo on the planet.
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