HISTORY

--November 23, 1859 - William Henry McCarty II, called Henry because his mother did not like junior, was born to William Henry and Catherine McCarty.  He joined older brother Joseph (Josie) born in 1855.

--1862 - McCarty family moved to Coffeyville, Kansas.

--1864 - McCarty's moved to Colorado.

--Father Dies - Sometime between 1862 & 1864, William H. McCarty died.  No one seems to be sure of the date since no death certificate or obituary has been located.

--1866 - Catherine McCarty and her two sons moved to Marion County, Indiana where her dead husband had family.  Here she met Harrison Antrim from Huntsville, Indiana.

--1868 - Harrison & the McCarty's moved to Silver City, New Mexico.

--1869 - Harrison & the McCarty's moved to Wichita, Kansas.

--August 10, 1870 - Catherine McCarty opened a hand laundry.  At this time Antrim mostly farmed, but did odd jobs as a bartender and a carpenter.

--Henry In School - Henry attended Ms. Mary Richards' school in Wichita.  Ms. Richards stated that he always handed is homework in on time, and was always ready to help around the classroom.

--March 25, 1871 - Catherine McCarty applied to purchase one town lot in Wichita.  The lot application was later approved.  She sold the lot to Henry Cook the same day that the application was approved.

--Legend - A story, that supposedly took place at this time, started several years later after the Kid had become an outlaw.  It has no factual background, and is merely a story.  The story says that in 1871, when Henry was 12 years old, he and his mother were walking down a street in Silver City, N.M. (They actually lived in Wichita, Kansas at the time).  They walked past a group of men standing in front of a saloon.  One of the men, a blacksmith with a reputation for being a bully, hollered at Henry's mother.   She ignored the man but Henry picked up a rock and threw it, knocking the man's hat off of his head.   The blacksmith ran after Henry, but was stopped by a man on the street named Moulton.  Moulton held the man until Henry could get away.  A few weeks later Henry was back at the same saloon learning card tricks.  Moulton and the blacksmith got into an argument.  When the blacksmith tried to smash a chair over Moulton's head, Henry ran up to him and stabbed him three times in the heart with a small knife.

--March 1, 1873 - Catherine McCarty and William Antrim were married by the reverend D.F. McFarland of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe.  Shortly after the wedding they moved to Silver City, N.M. because Antrim had heard of rich silver strikes there.  While in Silver city the family rented out rooms in their house to travelers. BACK TO THE RANCH