Billy the Kid's Grave - A History of the Wild West's Most Famous Death Marker

"Quien es?"The answer to this incautious question - "Who is it?" - was a bullet to the heart. That bullet - fired by Sheriff Patrick F. Garrett from a single action Colt pistol - ended the life of Billy the Kid, real name William Henry McCarty. But death - ordinarily so final - only fueled the public's fascination with Billy the Kid.