Thursday, August 7, 2008

An Interesting Find


Announced on today's Ancestry Newsletter is the following:



Billy the Kid?It appears this census taker caught Billy the Kid (alias William Bonney) and his comrade Charles Bowdre in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, in 1880. Bowdre was killed at nearby Stinking Springs later that year; Billy was killed at Fort Sumner the year after.
–Thanks to J. Kattner

What an awesome find! And right on Ancestry!

Thanks folks!

cbh

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