Newspaper and Archaeological Work
Colonel McClintock was also been active along other lines. For eighteen years he was the editorial representative in Arizona of the Los Angeles Times and did much magazine writing and special literary work. He took 'keenest interest in archaeological research, and served as president of the Arizona Folklore Association. In the fall of 1889, he was a member of an expedition sent out by Maricopa county to discover reservoir sites in the mountains of Arizona, the other members being County Surveyor Breckenridge and John R. Norton. They were the discoverers of and first platted the site of the Roosevelt dam. Colonel McClintock also for years was a director of the Phoenix Board of Trade and in 1910-11 was its president.
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