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Camp Verde was a United States Army facility established on July 8, 1856 in Kerr County, Texas along the road from San Antonio to El Paso.
The camp was the headquarters for U.S. Camel Corps, which experimented with using dromedaries as pack animals in the southwestern United States. The Army imported camels in 1856 and 1857, using them with some success in extended surveys in the Southwest. The camels did not get along with the Army's horses and mules, which would bolt out of fear when they smelled a camel. The soldiers found the camels difficult to handle and they detested the smell of the animals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Camp_Verde
The camp was the headquarters for U.S. Camel Corps, which experimented with using dromedaries as pack animals in the southwestern United States. The Army imported camels in 1856 and 1857, using them with some success in extended surveys in the Southwest. The camels did not get along with the Army's horses and mules, which would bolt out of fear when they smelled a camel. The soldiers found the camels difficult to handle and they detested the smell of the animals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Camp_Verde
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Thanks for letting us know SGT John " Mac " McConnell that Camp Verde was established on July 8, 1856 in Kerr County, Texas along the road from San Antonio to El Paso. I was surprised to see a camel in the picture but since it became the headquarters for U.S. Camel Corps that makes sense.
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I'd heard the story, in American Caesar about Gen MacArthur by William Manchester, also, I think in the autobiombymgen MacArthur, Reminiscences, he recounts how, as a kid, while with his brother and parents in tje SW US, where his father had been assigned, he evidently actually saw one of the last surviving camels, from that experiment, near a fort his family had been stationed at, I'd read that some time back, just thought you might find of interest, many thanks .
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell
Thanks for sharing.. Always do like stories associated with this story.. Thanks again Capt Daniel Goodman
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Capt Daniel Goodman
Many thanks, it was an interesting anecdote, actually, you might care to glance at it, if you get a chance, enjoy.
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