How did Billy The Kid begin his career as an outlaw?

Charlie Daniels recorded the song"Billy the Kid" on his 1976 album High Lonesome. Chris LeDoux also covered the song on his album Haywire. Joe Ely recorded the song"Me and Billy the Kid" on his 1987 album Lord of the Highway. Running Wild recorded the song"Billy the Kid" on their 1991 album Blazon Stone. read more

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. read more