I fell into a “Billy the Kid” rabbit hole on the Internet this past weekend, and found some videos and interviews that had information I hadn’t heard before.
For instance, did you know that Billy the Kid sometimes wore a dress? That, a new version of details of the killing, a new reason for it, and a few other tidbits were gleaned from a pair of videos I saw.
How much truth to them? Dunno. The person interviewed is the grandson of a man who was at the Pete Maxwell ranch on July 14, 1881, and helped bury Billy the Kid, so if the grandfather told his grandson the truth, and if the grandson (the interviewee) remembers it correctly, this is something I hadn’t previously heard. And, it actually fits — or at least doesn’t not fit — with items that are not in dispute.
Here’s the short version of the interview, which I found interesting.
If you want the full version, which includes a lot of stuff not related to the infamous Henry McCarty AKA Billy the Kid, you can see that here. It’s interesting in other ways, but takes over an hour.
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