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#11 ski3pin

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Posted 16 December 2017 - 11:12 PM

United States Camel Corps

 

Camels are the ships of the desert. Story goes that some were let loose in the southern California desert by the army in 1857.

 

 

Quartzite AZ on the camels. I think the Army was trying them out. The guy the had to train everyone ended up staying there looking after them if I remember correctly. There is a monument on east end of town.


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Posted 16 December 2017 - 11:36 PM

Sim I have no idea what is going on with my phone. Every time I click you link I get a blank page that says about blank. Anyone else have this problem. Maybe it’s a higher power.

Russ

ps I think that he was called Jolly, an nick name from prounouncing his name incorrectly.

Edited by CougarCouple, 16 December 2017 - 11:37 PM.

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#13 ski3pin

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Posted 17 December 2017 - 12:22 AM

Hadji Ali (called Hi Jolly) was an Ottoman Turk born in Syria. He died in Quartzite in 1902

 

He served with the French Army in Algiers before signing on as a camel driver with the US Army.


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#14 Casa Escarlata Robles Too

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Posted 17 December 2017 - 08:13 PM

Ski thanks for your info on this.

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