Henry McCarty is believed to be born to an Irish immigrant named Catherine McCarty. Although the identity of his father is uncertain, Henry probably lived alone with his mother in the slums of New ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The name “Billy the Kid” is something New Mexico is known for all throughout the world. But are all the stories true, or have the facts turned into tall tales over the years? On ...

George R. Matthews will autograph copies of “Billy the Kid: The Life Behind the Legend” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 14, at COAS Books, 317 North Main St., Las Cruces. Matthews said anyone ...

Henry McCarty (Nelson) has been through a lot. You can get a sense of it just by looking at him when he first appears in Old Henry: gaunt, dirty, seemingly perpetually aggrieved and clearly won’t take ...

On this day, April 9, in 1881, Billy the Kid was convicted of murdering the Lincoln County, N.M., sheriff and was sentenced to hang. Born Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid earned the nickname after he shot ...

Henry McCarty, or as he was later known, Billy the Kid, may not have been perfect, but he wasn’t the bloodthirsty outlaw that several others in his time became. Looking deeper into his life as a ...