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By: Shotgun Blasts August 1, 2015 Yes folks there was a time when the “ship of the desert” did in fact become the “HumVee” of our United States Army. It all began in 1843 when Capt. Geo. Crosman published a report to the U.S. Army encouraging the use of camels as transportation. The treatment of his study was typical, it …
By: Doug – North Wind March 1, 2015 Last season a group of us went out through the KOFA heading to Camp Hyder on a jeep expedition. The group consisted of Jaws and Lil Abner in Jaw’s red jeep, McGyver and SlipKnot in McGyver’s red Geo Tracker and Northwind and DesertRain with Ringo in our green jeep. After a night …
Rumors abound on Senator Wash…..a camel footprint in the desert……a pile of camel dung sighted in the desert……could it be true?? Legends abound about the camels used in the 1880’s at Fort Yuma. There is the “Red Camel with a Dead Rider” legend, a reluctant soldier was tied to the camel, the soldier died, & the camel still wanders the …