Why was he named billy the kid?

Answer 1

It's kind of complex. He stayed an outlaw because there were too many relentless people hunting him.

His mother died when he was about 14. The next year he stole some laundry, went to jail, escaped and asked his former step-dad to help him out. The guy turned him away. Billy tried making an honest living but I guess it was too hard because he eventually got into stealing horses.

And it goes on from there.

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Answer 2

William Bonney began criminal activities when he was just a young teenager. By the time he was 19, he had supposedly killed many men. They called him Billy the Kid because of his age. He was killed at the age of 21.

Answer 3

He was famous for being an "outlaw" of the West. Outlaw means a bad person who stole stuff and stuff.

Answer 4

he was given that name because he was very young, around 18, he was killed by a sherrif around age 21 sadly

Answer 5

no one knows if billy the kid was named billy the kid

Answer 6

Billy the Kid is a famous outlaw from the old west. I would add his youth in his "profession".

Answer 7

The mexicans called billy- chivo-because he was as pale as a white young goat and a chivo is a kid in spanish and a kid is a little goat ,,