BILLY THE KID

This is the chronology of the famous Billy The Kid:

1859-1861  Month and Date unknown- William Henry Bonney/McCarty is born.

1868, June 18- The census in Anderson, Indiana, show the names of Catherine McCarty and her sons, William Henry and Joseph. While living in Indiana, Mrs. McCarty meets William Antrim and a relationship is formed.

1870, August 10- Catherine McCarty and William Antrim relocate and buy a lot near Wichita, Kansas.

1871, August- One year later, after being diagnosed with consumption, Catherine McCarty sells the lot and leaves Kansas with Antrim to seek a warmer and drier climate for her health.

1872, October- Catherine McCarty, her sons, and William Antrim are living in Denver, Colorado.

1873, March 1- After a couple of years of courtship, Catherine McCarty and William Antrim are married at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

1873, March-April- The Antrim family moves to Silver City, New Mexico.

1874, September 16- Catherine Antrim dies from consumption. The Kid and his brother Joseph begin their life of  moving  in and out of foster families. William Antrim moves to Clifton, Arizona, leaving his step-sons behind.

1875,  September 23- The Kid is arrested for stealing laundry.

1875, September 25- The Kid escapes jail and runs away. Shortly after, he turns up in Clifton, Arizona, to find his step-father. Antrim doesn't take the boy in and the Kid is now on his own.

1876, April- The Kid works for a short time as a cook at the Hotel de Luna. Later on he'll meet a horse thief named John Mackie, who shows him there's an easier way to make a living.

1877, March 25- After months of stealing horses, the Kid and John Mackie are arrested and confined at Fort Grant . The Kid escapes later that evening.

1877, August  18- In Fort Grant, the Kid kills his first man, Frank "Windy" Cahill, a bully who attacked the Kid during an argument. The Kid then leaves Arizona and heads back to New Mexico.

1877, September- The Kid joins Jesse Evans, the leader of  "The Boys," a gang of rustlers and killers.

1877, October- The Boys ride into Lincoln County.

1877, November- The Kid has a falling out with the gang and is hired by John Tunstall, just in time to fight for the Englishman in a feud against the Dolan Company.

1878, February 18- The Kid rides along with Tunstall and his men, herding horses to Lincoln. The group is ambushed by Dolan and Sheriff Brady's men and Tunstall is killed. The Kid and the others escape.

1878, February 19- The Kid, Fred Waite and Constable Atanacio Martinez attempt to serve warrants for the men who murdered Tunstall, but they are disarmed and taken prisoner by Sheriff Brady. Martinez would be allowed to leave, but the Kid and Waite are kept prisoner. They would miss Tunstall's funeral.

1878, February 23- The Kid and Fred Waite are released from jail.

1878, March 1- Dick Brewer, Tunstall's foreman, is appointed constable to bring in Tunstall's murderers. The Kid and several others are deputized. They called themselves "The Regulators."

1878, March 6- The Regulators arrest Bill Morton and Frank Baker.

1878, March 9- The Regulators rightfully believed their prisoners would be released as soon as they are turned over to Sheriff Brady, and decided to take matters in their own hands; Morton, Baker and William McCloskey, a Regulator who was believed to be a traitor, are killed.

1878, April 1- Members of the Regulators: Frank MacNab, Jim French, Fred Waite, John Middleton, Henry Brown, and Billy Bonney ambush the Sheriff and his deputies. Sheriff William Brady and Deputy George Hindman are killed.

1878, April 4- The Regulators kill Buckshot Roberts at Blazer's Mill. Frank Coe and John Middleton are wounded  and Dick Brewer is killed in the gunfight.

1878, April 18- The Kid, Middleton, and Brown are indicted for the murder of Sheriff Brady.

1878, July 4- The Regulators hide out at Chisum's Ranch.

1878, July 15 thru 19- The Five day battle at McSween's home in Lincoln. On the 19th, while trying to escape, Alex McSween, Francisco Zamora, and Harvey Morris are killed; on the Dolan side Robert Beckwith is killed. The Kid and the Regulators escape.

1878, August 5- Morris Bernstein is killed. Although Atanacio Martinez said he acted in self-defense when Berstein fired on him and he shot back, it would be the Kid who is blamed.

1878, September 4- Governor Axtell is removed from office and replaced by Lew Wallace.

1878, September 26 thru 30-  A ruthless gang called "The Rustlers," led by John Selman, raise hell throughout Lincoln County by stealing livestock, robbery, killing any man or boy who gets in their way and raping women.

1878, October- The Kid and his gang are in Texas to sell horses they had stolen from the Fritz ranch in Lincoln. In Tascosa, Texas, the Kid meets and becomes good friends with a young doctor named Henry Hoyt. The Kid would give him a fine sorrel horse once belonging to Sheriff Brady, and in return, Hoyt gave Billy the Kid a watch.

1878, November 13- Governor Wallace issues a proclamation of amnesty for parties involved in the Lincoln County War.

1878, November/December- The Kid returns to Lincoln County and is tired of running, so he offers a parley with his enemies for peace.

1879, February 18- The Kid meets up with Evans in Lincoln to propose a truce. A peace treaty is formed and both sides forget their differences. Later that evening, the party of men come across Susan McSween's attorney, Huston Chapman. While the Kid stood by watching uneasily, Evans and his men harass and then shoot the attorney.

1879, March 13- The Kid writes a letter to Governor Lew Wallace, he states he's willing to surrender and testify against Chapman's killers for a pardon. By doing this he breaks the treaty with Evans and Dolan, which is punishable by death.

1879, March 15- The governor writes to the Kid telling him that he would meet with him to discuss the terms. In closing he writes, "If you can trust Jesse Evans, you can trust me."

1879, March 17- The Kid and the governor meet and an arrangement is made. If the Kid submits to a fake arrest and testifies in court against Dolan, Evans, and Colonel Dudley, he would be pardoned.

1879, March 21- The Kid and Tom O'Folliard are arrested and brought to Lincoln.

1879, April 14- The Kid testifies in court against Chapman's murderers.

1879, May 28- The Kid testifies against Colonel Dudley for his involvement in the siege at McSween's home.

1879, June 17- After three months of jail, the Kid had enough. He kept his end of the bargain and there was no pardon for him, and now he was scheduled for trial. Feeling betrayed, he simply walked out of jail and rode off.

1879, October-  The Kid goes back to rustling.

1880, January 10- A drunk in Fort Sumner named Joe Grant challenges the Kid. His gun goes "click" and the Kid's goes "BANG BANG."

1880, June- In Fort Sumner, the Kid has some fun with a census taker; he gives his age as twenty-five and he was born in Missouri, as well as both his parents, and listed his occupation as: "working in cattle."

1880, October 6- Once again, the Kid is tried of dodging the law and he writes to Ira Leonard saying that he wants to try straightening things out again with Governor Wallace. Leonard agrees to meet in him in White Oaks within the week. Unfortunately, for reasons unknown, the Kid comes six weeks later, so by then the deal is off.

1880, November 2- Pat Garrett is elected sheriff of Lincoln County.

1880, November 27- The White Oaks posse surrounds the Kid and his gang at the Greathouse Ranch. During a standoff Deputy James Carlyle is accidentally killed by his own men. Afterwards the posse leaves the ranch and the outlaws escape. The Kid is accused of the deputy's death, but as he would say "There's more about that killing then people known."

1880, December 12- The Kid writes to Governor Wallace pleading his innocence concerning the Deputy Carlyle killing and rustling actives in the territory.

1880, December 14- Sheriff Garrett and his posse begin the hunt for Billy the Kid.

1880, December 15- The governor puts outs a $500 reward for the Kid's capture.

1880, December 19- In Fort Sumner, Garrett and his posse ambush the Kid and his gang. Tom O'Folliard is killed, but the Kid and the others escape.

1880, December 23- The Sheriff tracks the Kid and his gang to a rock house in  Stinking Springs. When Charlie Bowdre appears in the door, they think it's the Kid and open fire, Bowdre is killed and there's a standoff.  After a couple of hours, the Kid and his men surrender.

1880, December 24- The lawmen bring their prisoners back to Fort Sumner. Charlie Bowdre's body is delivered to his wife, and the Kid and Rudabaugh are shackled together. The posse then load up the prisoners in a wagon and head for Las Vegas.

1880, December 25- The posse and their prisoners have Christmas dinner at Padre Polaco's store in Puerto de Luna. Later that evening they head out and travel all night to Las Vegas.

1880, December 26- Garrett's posse and the prisoners arrive in Las Vegas. The town is curious about Billy the Kid, but hostile towards Dave Rudabaugh -several months earlier Rudabaugh had killed one of their deputies.

1880, December 27- The next morning Sheriff Garrett and his men take the prisoners to the depo, where they are met by a mob who are after Rudabaugh. The lawmen hold the mob back until the train leaves. They then arrive in Santa Fe where the prisoners are placed in jail.

1881, January 1- The Kid writes to Governor Wallace to come down to the jail to see him.  The governor at the time is out of town.

1881, February 28- The Kid and his cohorts try to dig their way out of jail, but they are caught. The prisoners are separated and the Kid is chained to the floor in a dark solitary cell.

1881,  March 2- Getting impatient, the Kid writes another note to the governor, but there is no reply.

1881, March 4- The Kid writes another letter, this one with a hint of frustration by threatening to make public the letters they had exchanged back in March of 1879, showing how the governor was in cahoots with him. It was probably an empty threat, because the Kid never did so.

1881, March 27- Time's running short and the Kid writes his last note to the governor, but like all the rest, it was ignored.

1881, March 28- The Kid is taken to the depot to be transported to La Mesilla for trial.

1881, March 30- The Kid's first trial for the killing of Buckshot Roberts commences.

1881, April 6- The Buckshot Roberts case is dismissed due to a technicality.

1881, April 8- The Kid's second trial commences for the killing of Sheriff Brady.

1881, April 9- The Kid is found guilty of first-degree murder and faces the death penalty. Out of all the men who killed during the Lincoln County War, the Kid was the only one to ever be convicted and punished. The few that were tried in court were all acquitted or pardoned.

1881, April 13 -The Kid is sentenced to hang on May 13th between the hours of 9am and 3pm.

1881, April 15- In the morning the Kid writes a letter to attorney Edgar Caypless, concerning the suit for his mare that was confiscated from him when he was arrested by Sheriff Garrett. His attorney Albert Fountain is willing to carry the case further if the Kid could come up with money to pay him, so the Kid is depending on reclaiming his horse to sell her for attorney fees. There is no response from Caypless. Later at 10pm, the Kid is loaded up in an coach and heads out to Lincoln where he is to be hanged.

1881, April 21- The Kid arrives in Lincoln and is jailed in the courthouse.

1881, April 28- In the afternoon the Kid makes his great escape from confinement by killing both his guards and rides out of Lincoln for the last time.

1881, July 14-  Late at night in Fort Sumner, the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff Garrett at Pete Maxwell's house. The Kid was only nineteen or twenty years old.

1881, July 15- Milnor Rudolph organized a coroner's jury and makes out a verdict, stating the death of Billy the Kid was justifiable homicide. In the afternoon, the Kid's body is laid to rest next to his friends, Charlie Bowdre and Tom O'Folliard.

1882, February or March- Pat Garrett's book The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid is published. Although the book is more myth than fact, it immortalized Billy the Kid in legend.

BERMUDA TRIANGLE MYSTERY

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an undefined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The triangle does not exist according to the US Navy and the name is not recognized by the US Board on Geographic Names.Popular culture has attributed various disappearances to the paranormal or activity by extraterrestial beings.

Documented evidence indicates that a significant percentage of the incidents were spurious, inaccurately reported, or embellished by later authors.Contrary to popular belief, insurance companies do not charge higher premiums for shipping in this area.



There were some mysteries that is related to the Bermuda Triangle:

Extra Terrestrial

Much that defies the logic of our everyday lives seems to get attributed to extra-terrestrial beings. A ship disappears, so it must be our friends from Andromeda who have traveled across space and time to steal our secrets of flotation or in- atmosphere flight. Yep, that’s what they need in Andromeda: a Cessna and a sailboat. Flight 19, in which 5 Navy bombers seemingly disappeared mid-flight on December 5, 1945, has been attributed to UFOs.

The Presence of Pirates

Piracy occurs in all seas, around the globe. The US Department of State cautions against the possibility of encountering, “vessels ... engaged in illicit activities … near the Bahamas.” But if you had aspirations to be a pirate wouldn’t you choose a place where people will cast the blame for normally suspicious acts on methane, UFOs and magnetic anomalies? Heck, yeah. The Bermuda Triangle is a rogue’s paradise.

Methane Gas

The latest culprit in the Bermuda Triangle is methane, a natural gas that is less dense than water. So if you happen to be sailing through a patch of ocean when a massive methane effluvium bubbles up from the deep, then, yes, your boat could in fact sink. Gas hydrates exist in deep, high pressure environments found in all the world’s oceans, including parts of the Bermuda Triangle. But there are no recorded instances that such an incident has occurred.

Rogue Waves

You’re lolling along in a boat, rising and falling in the cradle of the deep ocean, enjoying the sun, sea and the wind when, wham! a giant wave pops up next to your boat and sinks it. In fact, this does happen without warning in the Bermuda Triangle, as it does in seas all over the globe. So this theory holds water… so to speak. And is, after human error, the most credible explanation for the mysterious disappearances that occur in the Triangle.


Magnetic Anomalies

If you’ve ever watched a TV show on the Bermuda Triangle, then you’ve heard the recordings of pilots noting their instrumentation has gone haywire. So let’s think about this reasonably. True north only exists within a small swath of the earth. Otherwise, magnetic variations are normal and most pilots, sailors and computers with GPS know this and compensate compass bearings to adjust to true north. But even if a compass goes haywire, does that mean it’s an unexplained mystery? Magnetic anomalies happen, even locally, all over the world. But thousands and thousands of planes, sailboats, motor yachts and other water-bound vessels ply these waters each year and seem to exit unscathed.



Dumb Mistakes

All over the world, human blunders result in the loss of billions of dollars worth of stuff. Could this also be happening in the Bermuda Triangle? Of course. Consider the pirates. If you make a catastrophic mistake that results in the loss of your boat or plane or personal watercraft and you don’t want to accept blame, what better place to have a calamitous loss of property than the mysterious, ship-eating, UFO-ridden and methane-spewing Bermuda Triangle. Hello, insurance claim. Recreational boating accident reports do show high incidences in the region that encompasses the Bermuda Triangle.

 THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

For centuries, sailors around the world have told the legend of a cursed ghost ship, named The Flying Dutchman. The ship is cursed, and as such can never return to port. Since it has place to go, The Flying Dutchman sails around the ocean aimlessly, haunting the minds of sailors and toying with the imaginations of sea farers globally. There have been tales for ages, of late-night spotters in the crow's nest of a ship seeing a ghost ship passing their bow. Men swear on their lives that the cursed ship, The Flying Dutchman was seen sailing past them.

Where did this legend come from, and who started telling the story of this cursed ship? The first references to The Flying Dutchman comes from the writings of George Barrington in the late 1700's who wrote about the ship that appeared and then disappeared in a dark cloud - like an apparition. Several other writers and authors have written stories and poems including mentions of The Flying Dutchman. In all of the references, they talk about the ship being a terrible omen to sailors... They never want to see this ship. Seeing The Flying Dutchman is tantamount to a visit from God telling them that their voyage has been cursed.

Was The Flying Dutchman an actual ship, or was it created as folklore? The jury is still out on this question, but many who have speculated about the legend agree that The Flying Dutchman was a ship that became doomed for one reason or another. Some say that The Flying Dutchman was used for piracy and was loaded with gold and other loot. While travelling with a load of treasure, unspeakable crimes were committed on board the ship, thus making it cursed forever.

Other variations of the legend say that the Captain of The Flying Dutchman refused to go to port in the face of a horrible storm and as a result the entire ship perished. Others claim that the ship was not called The Flying Dutchman - that instead it was the name of the captain of the ship. Eventually, as people passed the legend down through the generations, the story of The Flying Dutchman referred to the ship.

Throughout the years, many sailors have claimed to see a ship sailing past them, and then disappearing. One of the most famous men who swore to have seen The Flying Dutchman is Prince George of Wales, along with his brother Prince Albert Victor. In his writings, he stated that no less than thirteen men saw The Flying Dutchman sail by their ship in the middle of the night, and a few hours later disappeared from all site into thin air.

With all of these sightings, this leaves sailors and observers to wonder... Is there any merit to this legend? As has been well-documented, The Bermuda Triangle has taken the lives of many sailors and pilots throughout history. It is difficult to argue against eyewitness accounts - but can there be a logical explanation to these sightings?

Atlantic City The Lost Empire

Atlantic City The Lost Empire

Plato told the story of Atlantis around 360 B.C. The founders of Atlantis, he said, were half god and half human. They created a utopian civilization and became a great naval power. Their home was made up of concentric islands separated by wide moats and linked by a canal that penetrated to the center. The lush islands contained gold, silver, and other precious metals and supported an abundance of rare, exotic wildlife. There was a great capital city on the central island.

There are many theories about where Atlantis was—in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Spain, even under what is now Antarctica. "Pick a spot on the map, and someone has said that Atlantis was there," says Charles Orser, curator of history at the New York State Museum in Albany. "Every place you can imagine."Plato said Atlantis existed about 9,000 years before his own time, and that its story had been passed down by poets, priests, and others. But Plato's writings about Atlantis are the only known records of its existence.

Few, if any, scientists think Atlantis actually existed. Ocean explorer Robert Ballard, the National Geographic explorer-in-residence who discovered the wreck of the Titanic in 1985, notes that "no Nobel laureates" have said that what Plato wrote about Atlantis is true.Still, Ballard says, the legend of Atlantis is a "logical" one since cataclysmic floods and volcanic explosions have happened throughout history, including one event that had some similarities to the story of the destruction of Atlantis. About 3,600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption devastated the island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea near Greece. At the time, a highly advanced society of Minoans lived on Santorini. The Minoan civilization disappeared suddenly at about the same time as the volcanic eruption.

But Ballard doesn't think Santorini was Atlantis, because the time of the eruption on that island doesn't coincide with when Plato said Atlantis was destroyed.

Romm believes Plato created the story of Atlantis to convey some of his philosophical theories. "He was dealing with a number of issues, themes that run throughout his work," he says. "His ideas about divine versus human nature, ideal societies, the gradual corruption of human society—these ideas are all found in many of his works. Atlantis was a different vehicle to get at some of his favorite themes."

The legend of Atlantis is a story about a moral, spiritual people who lived in a highly advanced, utopian civilization. But they became greedy, petty, and "morally bankrupt," and the gods "became angry because the people had lost their way and turned to immoral pursuits," Orser says.As punishment, he says,the gods sent "one terrible night of fire and earthquakes" that caused Atlantis to sink into the sea.

MUAY THAI ANCIENT ART

Muay Thai has come a long way in the last 100 years. Because of the great national popularity, Muay Thai began to garner international exposure and recognition. In World War II, Thai soldiers were stationed overseas, and foreigners recieved their first good look at Muay Thai firsthand. Muay Thai was named by foreigners as Siam Boxing, as Thailand was formerly Siam. During WW II, the French labeled Muay Thai as "Le Sport Orient" or the fighting style of the orient. The Thai soldiers participating in the war would practice Muay Thai among themselves as soldiers from Europe and America watched with great interest. Until that time, Muay Thai was a cultural gem, hidden within this strange and wonderful culture of this country called Thailand.

Soldiers from abroad were so impressed of the Muay Thai fighting style that they asked the Thai soldiers to teach them the basics and traditions of Muay Thai. As Muay Thai became more popular, especially with an international interest, the rules began to changge to become more inline with other goverened sports like boxing. In the 1920's, the roots of modern Muay Thai were planted when rings were introduced replacing open courtyards.The old-style horsehide, hemp rope, or leather bindings were replaced with gloves similar to boxing. In the past, fighters were known to soak their hemp rope bindings in a sticky resin and then dip their hands in crushed glass and ash that could attack the opponents eyesight. 

Muay Thai fighters often begin training when they are 6-8 years-old. They will begin fighting between 8-10 years of age and may have as many as 120-150 fights ( 3 times as many as a very active boxer ) before they are 24 years old. Muay Thai fighters do not generally have long careers because of starting at such an early age and how physically demanding the sport is on the fighters. Injuries are quite common in Muay Thai fights. From cuts and lacerations to the face and head to broken bones and severe sprains of muscles and ligaments, Muay Thai fighters deal with injuries their entire career. Muay Thai fighters are known for their ability to ignore pain and injury.

Today, the evolution of Muay Thai is finally reaping rewards and recognition. Muay Thai was recently accepted as an Olympic sport, and it is becoming quite popular in many countries throughout the world. Professional fighters in martial arts, K-1, and submission fighting all agree, Muay Thai is an essential part of being an all-around skilled fighter and having stand-up fighting skills. Muay Thai will continue to grow in popularity as new training camps and gyms open around the world.