November 18, 2010:
See following link for current news on the posthumous pardon for Billy the Kid: "Still no pardon for Billy the Kid." ~from Santa Fe New Mexican
 

November 2, 2010:
If you love the Young Guns movies, this essay written by Bill Medic is of interest: Young Guns: More than a Breakthrough Western
 

Two days ago on WalesOnline.co.uk, an article was posted about a notorious drug smuggler named Howard Marks being a descendant of Billy the Kid. He claims that his great-grandfather was Billy the Kid's half brother, named Patrick. FALSE...Billy's half brother was named Joseph and there's plenty of documentation that says so. He also states, that Patrick left America to escape the bad name of his brother and changed his name to Marks. FALSE...Joe Antrim continued to live in the southwest. The bad name of his famous brother had no affect on him at all. Joe bounced around from New Mexico and Arizona, before settling in Colorado where he died a grumpy lonely old man. There is no record of Joe ever being married or rumors of fathering any children. If you happen across this story, don't believe a word of it.

August 25, 2010:
This news is a little belated, but last month, once again, Gov. Bill Richardson is talking about pardoning Billy the Kid. Haven't we been through this already? Check out my webpage The Controversy on the Billy the Kid DNA Investigation on the can of worms that was opened a few years back. I thought the lid was finally closed, but here we go again. My thoughts...Yes, Billy was promised a pardon when he made a deal with Gov. Lew Wallace in the spring of 1879. Yes, he deserved it because Billy did everything he promised and more. And yes, Gov. Wallace used and betrayed him. Although, Billy was a scapegoat for the Lincoln County War and was unfairly trialed and sentence to death, all bets were off for a pardon when he killed his two guards during his escaped from incarceration in Lincoln on April 28, 1881. In my opinion, this posthumous pardon is a publicity stunt and just a way for Gov. Richardson to get his name in the history books as the "Governor who pardon Billy the Kid." What good will a pardon do Billy the Kid now? It won't rewrite history. It won't change public opinion of him. This announcement by Gov. Richardson has caused quite a stir with Billy the Kid aficionados, historians, and even Pat Garrett and Lew Wallace descendants. For more, visit World News with Diana Sawyer.
 

February 15, 2010:
A new Billy the Kid book is hitting shelves this month, To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West, by Mark Gardner. A dual biography documenting Sheriff Pat Garrett's hunt for the outlaw William H. Bonney, aka Billy the Kid.

February 12, 2010:
This summer in July, the Wild West History Association (WWHA) is having their WWHA Roundup in Ruidoso, New Mexico and one of their main topics of the event will be on Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War. This a great event to tour Lincoln County's historical sites and hear lectures from notable historians/authors on the history of Billy the Kid, such as Fred Nolan, Michael Wallis, and Drew Gomber. Vist the WWHA website for details.

August 11, 2009:
The letters Billy the Kid wrote to Governor Lew Wallace are now on public display in a State Library in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For more info, click here.
 

July 29, 2009:
Upcoming events in Lincoln County, New Mexico is Old Lincoln Days Celebration & Billy the Kid's Last Escape pageant in the Town of Lincoln, as well as, Fort Stanton Live event. Both events start Friday evening August 7 thru Sunday afternoon August 9th, both events will come together for closure with the Old Lincoln Days Parade on Main Street. For more info visit New Mexico State Monuments.
 

July 29, 2009:
A new Billy the Kid song titled "Charming Billy the Kid," from the "Songs of the Untamed West" CD by Frank Fara is available online. If you like western history and classic country music this will be of your interest. Check it out!


May 6, 2009:
The "About Billy the Kid Message Board" was closed down tonight. For those of you that missed my announcement on the board dated April 26, 2009 for why I was doing so, here it is:

After careful consideration and a decision I've thought long and hard about, I'm sorry to announce that the About Billy the Kid Message Board will be closing down at the end of the month.

The reason being is I don't have time to run this board and monitor it's activity. As the webmistress and board administrator, it's my responsibility to be active and respond to comments and debate with information that I deem as inaccurate. Although there is some great information posted here, there is also alot of historical inaccuracies giving false impressions to readers; because I'm not active here I can't refute those inaccuracies. I'm not doing justice to the history of Billy the Kid or my readers to let this continue.

I'll also confess that I'm burned out and growing out of my Billy the Kid phase. The anxiety of refereeing arguments, debating, enforcing rules, and judging when a member needs to be banned has worn me down. My passion has become a chore. Although, I will always have a love for history and Billy the Kid, I need to take a break.

I know some of you may ask, "why not appoint moderators to help you?" Because I only trust one or two to moderate the way I would and even they don't want the stress and headache. Quite frankly, since it's my board it wouldn't be right to pass the duty on to someone else.

I can't ignore my board anymore as I've been doing, it's not fair to my members or readers. I'm TRULY sorry to do this and believe me I thought it over for along time. I even discussed it with some of my longtime supporters and board members and they agree it's for the best.

Thank you all for your membership and support. Good luck to you all.

After the above announcement, I had decided to lock the board, but remain open for viewing-only for another week, so members could copy their content and private messages for their own records. As of today, it's officially closed.

As a result for shutting the board down, I have resurrected the "BULLETIN BOARD" webpage, so I could still make announcements and make my visitors aware of any updates or changes made to the website, or any interesting news on Billy the Kid or history in general.

I will also like to mention I'm currently updating the website's appearance, information, correct those pesky broken links throughout the website, and plan to improve the gallery page and add more images (even videos hopefully). Bear with me as these changes are made, I'm limited on spare time.

Thank you!