Billy the Kid: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Desert USA - The Night Pat Garrett (Probably) Shot Billy the Kid. | May 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Did Pat Garrett Really Kill Outlaw Billy the Kid? | Apr 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC News - Billy the Kid: What you need to know about America's Ned Kelly. | Aug 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE Reader - A Riff on Billy the Kid. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNM's Digital Repository - Building His Own Legend: Billy the Kid and the Media (PDF). | Feb 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. | Nov 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - In search of the real 'Billy the Kid'. | Sep 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Marshals Service - How much did it Cost to Find Billy the Kid? | Jun 18, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - Handbook of Texas - Henry McCarty. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Legends of America - Billy The Kid � Teenage Outlaw of the Southwest. | Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Billy the Kid. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Billy the Kid Chapter 1. | Dec 02, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Heritage - Billy the Kid: From Outlaw to Legend. | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Revised the discussion of the number of people he killed. | Jun 02, 2022 | ||
| Changed the date of his jail escape from “April 30” to “April 28.” | Apr 14, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains - Billy the Kid (c. 1856-1881). | Apr 12, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Crime Museum - Billy the Kid. | Apr 12, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Desert USA - The Night Pat Garrett (Probably) Shot Billy the Kid. | Feb 14, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Nov 22, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Billy the Kid. | Jun 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Did Pat Garrett Really Kill Outlaw Billy the Kid? | Jun 25, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Billy the Kid. | Nov 10, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 11, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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