Old West journalism was highly entertaining, often partisan, big on boosterism, rife with misspelled words and potentially dangerous as rival editors sometimes squared off in the street to settle a dispute.
When The Arizona Republic started on May 19, 1890, it was known as The Arizona Republican. Rival newspapers were quick to let folks know that the territorial governor and attorney general were calling the shots as owners of the new Phoenix paper.
While the Phoenix paper pledged to publi
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