Arrival in The Arizona Territory in 1879
He arrived in Arizona in June; 1879, on one of the first passenger trains into Maricopa. He located in 'Phoenix, having come to the territory to join his brother, Charles E. McClintock, then 'engaged in the publication, of the Phoenix Herald and soon thereafter took part in the' first republican organization known in Phoenix. Since that time he was since been connected with many papers published in the state, in
Phoenix, Prescott, Globe, Tempe and Tucson. While residing in Tempe, when but twenty two years of age, he was made justice of the peace and at the same time was engaged in the publication of a paper and in the operation of a farm. For years he was a member of the board of directors of the normal schools of Arizona.
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