https://freerepublic.com/tag/18810714/ en-us Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:28:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4388366/posts Billy the Kid continues to make headlines, 145 years after being gunned down in Fort Sumner. Thursday historians announced new evidence that he was Catholic — a detail that adds more layers of intrigue to one of the Wild West’s mythologized figures. Billy the Kid died July 14, 1881, after being shot by Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett. On the first day of the Wild West History Association Roundup, Allen Sanchez said certificates of Billy the Kid’s baptism and his parents’ marriage were located inside St. Peter’s Church in New York City. St. Peter’s is connected to the Sisters of... The Albuquerque Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4388366/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:28:35 GMT