"Whatever Happened to the Wild Camels of the American West?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 30 Mar 2022 9:32 p.m. PST |
"In the 1880s, a wild menace haunted the Arizona territory. It was known as the Red Ghost, and its legend grew as it roamed the high country. It trampled a woman to death in 1883. It was rumored to stand 30 feet tall. A cowboy once tried to rope the Ghost, but it turned and charged his mount, nearly killing them both. One man chased it, then claimed it disappeared right before his eyes. Another swore it devoured a grizzly bear. "The eyewitnesses said it was a devilish looking creature strapped on the back of some strange-looking beast," Marshall Trimble, Arizona's official state historian, tells me…"
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| 45thdiv | 31 Mar 2022 2:14 a.m. PST |
The was a film in the early 1970's called "Humps". It was a comedy I think. |
 FingerandToeGlenn  | 31 Mar 2022 7:26 a.m. PST |
On the north side of Quartzite, AZ, as you leave town headed north, you can see the tomb of Hadji Ali ("Hi Jolly"}, the Army's camel driver (and subject of the New Christy Minstrels song "Hi Jolly, and a few miles from my house is Fort Tejon, end post for the Camel Corps. Haven't been in a couple of decades, but they used to have a nice display on the Camel Corps. Rumors of the camels persisted probably long after the last one was a feast for the coyotes. |
| Tango01 | 31 Mar 2022 3:22 p.m. PST |
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takes another stab at building a more perfect flight stand.