September 25, 1875.
Before he became Billy the Kid, he was a poor, orphaned teenager named Henry McCarty living in Silver City, New Mexico.
After stolen property was discovered in his room, the teenager found himself locked inside the local jail. Then he spotted an unlikely escape route.
The chimney.
On September 25, McCarty somehow squeezed through the narrow opening, climbed onto the roof, and disappeared into the New Mexico night.
It was his first known escape from custody.
It would not be his last.
Over the next several years, Henry McCarty would become William H. Bonney—and eventually Billy the Kid, one of the most famous and romanticized outlaw figures in the history of the American West.
But the legend didn't begin with a gunfight.
It began with a teenager crawling through a chimney.
Also on this September 25 edition of The Write Team Daily:
👧 We celebrate National Daughters Day.
📜 The First Congress sends twelve proposed constitutional amendments to the states—ten of which would become the Bill of Rights.
🦸 National Comic Book Day celebrates generations of superheroes, artists, writers, and unforgettable stories.
🚗 Henry Ford announces the five-day, 40-hour workweek for Ford employees.
🍽️ National Food Service Workers Day recognizes the people who help feed our communities every day.
⛪ Billy Graham begins the 1949 Los Angeles Crusade that helps propel the young evangelist into the national spotlight.
⚾ SPORTS DAILY: Satchel Paige takes a Major League mound at age 60—and throws three scoreless innings against the Boston Red Sox.
🎉 BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: We celebrate Anson Williams, who became a television favorite as Potsie Weber on Happy Days before building an impressive second career behind the camera.
🌹 DAILY REMEMBRANCE: We remember Erich Maria Remarque, whose All Quiet on the Western Front stripped away romantic notions of combat and exposed the devastating human cost of war.
📖 DAILY INSPIRATION: Our 6:7 journey reaches Daniel 6:7 and the plot designed to force Daniel to choose between obedience to God and obedience to man.
Daniel didn't panic.
He didn't compromise.
He prayed.
Be faithful when it's easy. Be faithful when it's difficult. And trust God with the outcome.
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