Henry McCarty(November 23, 1859-July 14,1881), better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases William Antrim and William Harrison Bonney, was a famous 19th century American frontier outlaw and gunman who was a participant in the Lincoln County War. According to legend he killed 21 men, one for each year of his life.
McCarty was 5'8-5'9 with blue eyes, smooth cheeks, and prominent teeth. He was said to be friendly and personable at times, but he could also be short-tempered and determined. This made him a very dangerous outlaw, when combined with his shooting skills and cunning. He was also famous for(apparently) always wearing a sugarloaf sombrero hat with a wide green decorative band. He was little known in his own lifetime but was catapulted into legend in the year after his death when his killer, Sheriff Patrick Garrett, published a wildly sensationalistic biography of him called "The Authentic Life of Billey, the Kid". Beginning with Garrett's account, Billy the Kid grew into a symbolic figure of the American Old West.
Billy the Kid shot his gun left handed.
7 comments:
That's interesting. I always thought his real name was William H. Bonney...cool post.
have you seen the new look of BarlowBark?
he looks too skinny, when i was 19, my parent who always fed me well in their home decided on sending me on an lds mission to listen to a reccomendation from the brothren(council of the 12) TO LOAD ME UP WITH A TWO YEar supply of vitamins9ALTHOUGH I HAD absolutely NO HEALTH CONCERNS) i had no room in my suitcase unless i threw my brolli away(umbrella)so i stuffed my suit coat and pants pockets full of vitiminswhen arriving in soggy enland i packed those around tractinG $600 worth...i still had yet to take one...they were all stuck together and sticky and some were spilling out of the capsule...i felt that that was a waste so i tried to put the granuols in a bowl and take a teaspoon, which i never did...i never got to take any of those vitamins and i never felt they were anything but a gimmick the drug companies used on the leaders of the church or someone got a payoff for all those missionary vitamins
I always thought his name was William H. Bonney, too? I guess that is what happens when you get your history facts from Jon Bon Jovi.
Mike
We love the new look of Barlow Bark. I'm still not sure if that is rat or a dog though, Becky.
Mike
Mike you are funny! That Bon Jovi comment actually made me chuckle, just a bit, out loud!
daniel has been giving a bad time all day about sadie and duke being on his bed and a mouse in the computer room so after his saturday nap, i said feel under the couch, i think it is a live rats nest, sure enough he put his hand under the couch and felt something warm and alive,and said we ought to get it out of there, some of it might not be alive, and it was special kitty had crawled inbeteen the bottom lining and s springs...he was whiteasa ghost wondering what was in store for him, serves him right because all the mouse was a computer mouse and sadie and duke bedspread
MIKE IT'S NOT A RAT OR A MOUSE, IT'S A DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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