A reversed photo of this young outlaw started the legend that he was left-handed
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The Generations Project: Billy the Kid Wasn't Left-Handed, and ...  Sep 14, 2010 ... This idea was so common that a film titled The Left-Handed Gun on the life of Billy ... in 1958, and many history books note that he was a southpaw. In this picture, the rifle Billy is holding is a Winchester Model 1873. ... In the early days of photography, most negatives were produced backwards as a result of...
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10 Things You Didn't Know About the Old West - History Lists  Sep 17, 2013 ... He was buried at the famous Boot Hill cemetery in Dodge City, ... A famous tintype photograph of Billy the Kid shows him with a gun belt ... For years, the portrait fueled assumptions that the outlaw, born William Bonney, was left-handed. ... it was developed, meaning the end result was the reverse of reality.
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Facts vs. Myth - About Billy the Kid  Myth: As a young boy, Billy the Kid was given a Barlow knife as a gift and he used it to ... Due to the reverse image of the only known photograph of Billy the Kid, it gave the incorrect impression that he was left-handed because his revolver is .... So if the story of Garrett and the Kid being friends is true, why then did Garrett...
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"Billy the Kid's" Real Name was Not William H. Bonney  Dec 27, 2011 ... William H. Bonney  In 1877, Henry Antrim started using William H. Bonney as ... he was left-handed because his gun was positioned on his left side. Only after discovering that the photo was actually a reversed image, did people ... Billy the Kid's legend claims he killed 21 men in his lifetimeone for every...
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Billy the Kid - Wikipedia  Billy the Kid, born Henry McCarty; also known as William H. Bonney (September 17, 1859 ... Over the next several decades, legends grew that Bonney had not died that ... In 1876, he was hired as a ranch hand by well-known rancher Henry Hooker. ... At some point in 1877, McCarty began to refer to himself as "William H.
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BILLY THE KID (William H. Bonney, William Henry McCarty, 1859 ...  Billy The Kid - Teenage Outlaw of the Southwest ..... operate in and around Northern California and southern Oregon during the 1870s and 1880s. ...... March 11, 1884) was a gunman, gambler, and sometimes lawman of the Old West. ...... Jr. 1859-1881), better known as Billy the Kid and also known as Henry Antrim, was an...
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Blue Duck, sometimes referred to as Bluford Duck, (1858? - 1895 ...  1895) was an outlaw of the Old West, probably best known for a photograph ... Sometime in the late 1870's, he was thought to have had a short-term affair with ...... Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim Occupation Cowboy, gambler, cattle rustler, outlaw ...... As a teenager, she trained with Union Pacific Railroad surgeon Dr. Thomas...
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The Night Pat Garrett (Probably) Shot Billy the Kid - DesertUSA  The Kid had just broken out of jail in Lincoln, New Mexico, where he had been ... family life  had already given a new dimension to the notion of outlaw. ... After his escape from jail in Lincoln, Billy the Kid had fled to Fort Sumner ... Pat says yes, then Billy says Pat why don't you come up like a man and give us a fair fite [sic].
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22 Guns that Won the West! - True West Magazine  Oct 27, 2015 ... Considered one of the more handsome of military percussion ... of these .36 caliber revolvers were made between 1850 and 1873. .... Perhaps the most famous and certainly the most recognizable rifle of ... and outlaws Butch Cassidy, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart and Billy the Kid (William Bonney), just for starters.
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Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Mans Hand - Legends of America  Wild Bill Hickok was born James Butler Hickok in Troy Grove, Illinois on May 27, 1837. ... life until he was shot and killed in Deadwood on August 2, 1876. ... It was during this time that the lean and wiry young man got his first taste of hostile .... Hickok had been holding a pair of eights, and a pair of Aces, which has ever since...
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1000+ images about Notorious People - Photography on Pinterest ...  Explore Sue Eleazer's board "Notorious People - Photography" on Pinterest, ... After a failed train robbery in New Mexico he fled to the Robbers' Roost in ..... On October 26, 1881, Ike was present at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in the .... The couple was killed instantly in a hail of bullets ending their robbing & killing spree.
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Why are left-handers called southpaws? - Ask History  Aug 13, 2015 ... The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language cites the conventional wisdom that the word southpaw originated from the pract.
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The Southpaw by Mark Harris  Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs ...  A careful reading of the title page may help. .... After reading "Bang the Drum Slowly" I thought I would give this book a shot. ..... It documents the rookie season of left-handed pitcher, Henry Wiggen and his coming of age as a ... My grandfather had a great spitball, threw out his arm the night before tryouts for a major league...
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Western Bronze Statue Bronco Buster By Frederic Remington | Fine ...  Wow, such detail! ... "The Outlaw" Solid Bronze Statue by Frederick Remington - "Regular" .... American Handmade Bronze Sculpture Statue Mountain Man By Frederic ... FREDERIC REMINGTON ~ 4 Horsemen Cowboys Horse Guns Wild West ~ ...... Dawn of Day sculpture - Dedicated in 1931, also known as Waubun,.
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Al's brother, Ralph Capone (left) and Anthony Aresso, two ... - Pinterest  It's no wonder that we have a tradition of valorizing outlaws like Billy the Kid, the ... He was the older brother of outlaw Jesse James. ..... Organized crime started to gain momentum as Mobsters such as Al Capone and ...... a prominent figure of organized crime, whom also helped Gatsby's with his bootlegging of liquor.
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Tombstone History - The Earps and "Doc" Holliday  His lifelong passion for mining, gambling and sports led him from one ... His brother VIRGIL (photo left) became town marshal, while Morgan took a job ... the most celebrated gun-fight in western folklore -- the Gunfight at the OK Corral. Three of the Clanton gang were killed, while Ike and another wounded member escaped.
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The Myth of American Ability: Cooper's Leatherstocking, the Frontier ...  In celebrating Natty Bumppo's passage from old age in The Pioneers to new youth in ... James Fenimore Cooper turned to the wilderness of the frontier in order to ... of man, and in the case of this article, the frontiersman's rugged individualism. ... when it is revealed that Oliver Edwards is the son and heir of Judge Temple's...
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Historical articles and illustrations  Blog Archive  Trigger-happy ...  Aug 22, 2011 ... As Marshal Masterson pulled his gun from its holster, the first cowboy shoved his pistol against the lawman's right side and pulled the trigger. ... the name Bat was a nickname probably given to him as a result of his habit ... in fact, Bartholomew and Bat was merely a shortened form of his Christian name.
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Pat Garrett - An Unlucky Lawman - Legends of America  Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid's Killer, lost his re-election as Sheriff, lost a bid for Senate ... led to gun play and when the other man drew on Garrett, Pat shot him dead. ... Soon, the determined Garrett and his posse tracked the outlaws down to...
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Rob Roy | Scottish outlaw | Britannica.com  Jan 6, 2015 ... Noted Highland outlaw whose reputation as a Scottish Robin Hood was ... Last Updated: ... Rob Roy, byname of Robert MacGregor (baptized March 7, 1671, Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotlanddied December 28, 1734,...
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6 Things You May Not Know About Butch Cassidy - History Lists  Mar 31, 2015 ... One of the most famous names of the Old West, Butch Cassidy began his life of crime as a cattle rustler and horse thief and became notorious...