About Billy the Kid


 

 

Attention…ever since the original and "only authentic" tintype of Billy the Kid sold for 2.3 million dollars in 2011, there has been an epidemic of alleged photographs of Billy the Kid. This plague is just a vain attempt for people to make money. It takes more than just "looking like" Billy the Kid, there has to be strong documented provenance to support the alleged photo. These purported photos HAVE NOT been confirmed by real Billy the Kid historians and experts because they lack the provenance and the historical facts to support it.
Yet these purported photos are being presented to the public as authenticated based entirely on opinion and false information by unaccredited parties. Do not be fooled by these bogus claims. The only known photograph in existence of Billy the Kid is the one above.


 

 


Teenage outlaw of the Southwest
who is immortalized in American History

 

Welcome to the most
Comprehensive  Billy the Kid website on the Net!

By Ms. Marcelle Brothers

Last website update 10/13/2015
 
 

No other historical figure from the Old West has stirred up more controversy and eluded historians and biographers than Billy the Kid alias William H. Bonney. This young man in his short life has established his place in history and legend, but there is more to the myth there's the man, which in my opinion is far more interesting. On this website you'll find plenty of information and learn who Billy the Kid really was and how he became a legend in his own time.
 

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“I don’t blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then I don’t know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway.
~
Billy the Kid's comment to a Las Vegas Gazette reporter (December, 1880)
 

Biography
A short and indepth biography,
also includes short bios on
Billy the Kid's family

 

Fact vs. Myth
Separating the truth from
the legend


 

F.A.Q.
Frequently asked questions
on Billy the Kid


 

Chronology
A timeline on the history of
Billy the Kid


 

Eulogy
Remembrances by those
who knew the Kid


 

Did you know...?
Uncommonly known tidbits
on Billy the Kid


 

Letters & Interviews
In Billy the Kid's own words



 

Billy vs. Brushy
 The debate that Billy the Kid lived to be an old man


 

History vs. Young Guns
The inaccuracies of the
Young Guns movies


 

Filmography
A list of Billy the Kid movies
& actors who portrayed him


 

Miscellaneous
A variety of info on the Kid -books, songs, & museum reviews


 

Maps
Of the New Mexico Territory &
of the town of Lincoln


 

Gallery
Collection of photos and artwork


 

DNA  Investigation  Debate
 Pertaining to the exhumation of
Billy the Kid & his mother

 

Links
Great Billy the Kid & Old West
Websites

 

Site Map
 Index for quicker
navigation and search
 

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From the Discovery Channel
Billy the Kid Unmasked

An interactive website created by web designer Clint Baker of  Baker & Hill.com
and content written by Marcelle Brothers of About Billy the Kid.con



 

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Marcelle Brothers (webmistress) at Billy the Kid's gravesite in Fort Sumner, New Mexico in 2001
For information on who I am click here

 

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If you use my website as a resource for your research, please be respectful and credit me -THANK YOU

Please don't
plagiarize my content or direct/hotlink images (stealing bandwidth) found on this website

I have come across a few websites/articles that have copied my content word-for-word without credit
given to my Billy the Kid website -so if you see content found on this site elsewhere, without credit to me, it was stolen!!

If you plagiarize my work, I will eventually find you and I will do something about it!

 



©2000 About Billy the Kid
By Webmistress/Historian Marcelle Brothers