During the latter part of the 19th century energetic Arizonans promoting statehood worked tirelessly to assure the rest of the country that the territory was no longer a lawless frontier overrun with desperadoes and highwaymen. Arizona was the favorite whipping boy of eastern newspapers, bearing the brunt the wild and wooly reputation of the Old West.
Throughout its history easterners took great deligh
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