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Billy the Kid

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Billy the Kid 1859-81, American outlaw, b. New York City. His real name was probably Henry McCarty; he was known as William H. Bonney. His family moved to Kansas and then to New Mexico when he was a child. He frequented saloons and gambling halls and killed several men during his teens. In 1878 he led a gang in the Lincoln co. cattle war, killed two deputies, and engaged in large-scale cattle rustling. John S. Chisum and other cattlemen secured (1880) the election of a new sheriff sworn to rid the country of the cattle thieves. Billy the Kid was captured, tried, and sentenced to death. He escaped... Read more
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid William H. Bonney, known as Billy the Kid (1859-1881), was the prototype of the American western gunslinger...sent Bonney's reputation soaring and won him the nickname Billy the Kid. Enjoying such notoriety, Billy the Kid gave no quarter... Read more
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid Born: November 23, 1859 New York, New...and murderer William H. Bonney, known as Billy the Kid, was the youngest and most famous example...soaring and won him the nickname Billy the Kid. Billy struck a deal with Territorial Governor... Read more

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