The history of camels in North America actually pre-dates history, with camels appearing on the evolutionary scene about thirty million years ago in the form ofprotylopus, the jackrabbit-sized progenitor from which all modern camels trace their origin. In the 19th century, though, camels were imported from North Africa and the Middle East by the US government to serve as military pack animals for descendants of European settlers crossing the desert Southwest on the heels of the Gold Rush. It's this unique bit of American history that gives rise to the two-centuries old tradition of camel rearing/ranching in the US.
The US Army Camel Experiment
The Camel Experiment: Meet Doug Baum
Allen Public Library Speaker Series
Fort Concho Speaker Series
Texas Camel Corps educates visitors on using camels at the Alamo in the 1850's
Austin Statesman-American: Big Bend treks retrace history of camels in the U.S. Army
Oxford American: The Camel Experiment: The Legend of Hi Jolly
Smithsonian Magazine: Whatever Happened to the Wild Camels of the American West
Smithsonian Magazine: The United States Army Used Camels Until After the Civil War
Armyhistory.org: The U.S. Army's "Camel Corps" Experiment
Task & Purpose: The bizarre yet true story of the US Army Camel Corps
American History: A History of Camels in the US Army
texashighways.com: The Great Camel Experiment
The Historical Marker Database: The U.S. Army Camel Experiment
The History Bandits: Strangers in a Strange Land: Hi Jolly and the U.S. Camel Experiment
texasbob.com: The Camel Experiment
Noble Brutes by Eva Jolene Boyd
Uncle Sam’s Camels: The Journal of May Humphreys Stacey Supplemented by the Report of of Edward Fitzgerald Beale
Camels for Uncle Sam by Diane Yancy
1857 Report of Secretary of War by Jefferson Davis
Lone Star Junction: Echols Camels Journal
Doug Baum
www.facebook.com/texascamelcorps
www.texascamelcorps.com
texascamelcorps.blogspot.com
254-675-HUMP (4867)
For more information, please email Valeri Crenshaw or call (816) 805-7728.
Copyright © 2023 NACROA • All rights reserved