MCINTOSH, Alexander

Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona) Friday, August 15, 1952, p. 1 & 5 ALEX McIntosh Of Congress, Who Once Walked From Seattle To Chicago, Died Early Wednesday Alexander McIntosh, 67, of Congress, who once walked all the way from Seattle to Chicago for his health, died early Wednesday morning in a Prescott hospital where he had been critically ill for the past three months. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon in the Ruffner Funeral Home at Prescott with burial in the Mountain View Cemetery there. Took Walk In 1935 It was in 1935 that Mr. McIntosh walked all the way from Seattle to Chicago with the thought that the exercise and outdoor life might improve his health. He was born May 23, 1885, in Scotland, coming to the United States when a young man. He received his naturalization certificate in Seattle in 1921. While in that city he received the 32nd degree of the Scottish Rite from the Lawson Consistory in 1938. Was Chicago Rug Buyer Before going to Seattle, Mr. McIntosh lived in Chicago where he was the rug and drapery buyer for Marshall Fields department store. When he moved to Seattle he engaged in the same work for a store there. After his famous cross country walk, he became a buyer for Van Allen's store in Clinton, Ia., until his health caused him to come to Arizona in May of 1938. Lived At Stanton After spending a year at Stanton he opened the McIntosh Cash Store at Octave. When the federal government closed gold mines during World War II, he took over Earl Shride's store at Congress Junction. He bought the store in 1946 and sold it back to Mr. Shride last May when his health failed again. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Jean M. Tiernan of Petoskey, Mich.