The Mysterious Life & Death of Billy the Kid

The heritage of Billy the Kid has been in question for over a 100 years, where was he born, what his name was and even more of a mystery, did he really die on July 14th, 1881?

His life is such a mystery no one can even agree if he was born a  McCarthy or a Bonney, all we know is his legend lives on.

only authenticated photo of Billy the Kid currently, that may change as technology changes

To see a photo purchased by the Collins brothers in Tombstone, they are still trying to have authenticated. I think it looks alot like him!

go here: https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20171103/brothers-claim-dug-up-photo-shows-billy-kid-with-joseph-antrim

Photo purchased at a flea market in 2011 may show not only Billy the Kid, (second from left) but, also Pat Garret (center) if authenticated it would be worth many millions of dollars.

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Below is a  list of resources  used during the research and telling of this story. (partial) 

Information Credits:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/billy-the-kid-born

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/billy-the-kid-survived-hico-texas

truewestmagazine.com › did-paulita-maxwell-bear-billy..

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&n=mccarty&oc=0&p=henry

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Henry-Bonney-II/6000000010894444446

https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-billy-the-kid

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Billy-the-Kid-American-outlaw

Image Credits:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/22/known-photograph-discovered-billy-kid-pat-garrett-together/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/22/known-photograph-discovered-billy-kid-pat-garrett-together/

https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20171103/brothers-claim-dug-up-photo-shows-billy-kid-with-joseph-antrim

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org

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