Quartzsite, Arizona
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Quartzsite is a town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population was 2,413.
2025 01 20 01 Sign on Highway 95 South for the Town of Quartzsite, AZ USA
Quartzsite Fort Tyson Ruins 1856 1
Quartzsite Tyson's Well 1864 1
Quartzsite Tyson's Well Stage Station 1866 1
United States Camel Corps
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The United States Camel Corps was a mid-19th-century experiment by the United States Army in using camels as pack animals in the Southwestern United States. Although the camels proved to be hardy and
Quartzsite, Arizona
…and February. Quartzsite is the burial place of Hi Jolly (Hadji Ali), an Ottoman citizen of Greek-Syrian parentage, who took part in the experimental US Camel Corps as a camel driver. The Hi Jolly Monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. Quartzsite is also the site of Joanne's Gum…
Camel at Drum Barracks, San Pedro, California (1863 or earlier)