![]() ![]() It’s an annual tradition in Quartzsite.ĬAB: That’s Annie Rosenthal. And what is the name of this parade?Īnnie Rosenthal: The Hi Jolly Daze Parade. And you go! You get on a camel… First off, they have to be all on their knees, and then you just kind of step onto it, and then they put the hind legs up! And so you go, and then they put the front legs up! and like this! Ride that Camel!ĬAB: So it wasn’t exactly like your average small-town get together after all. Even a live camel walking down the middle of the road. Lots of people were wearing camel costumes. This tiny lady was standing right next to me - wearing a huge hat with a stuffed camel on it. Except, pretty much everywhere you look, there were…camels.ĬAB: I mean there was camel stuff everywhere. Jennifer: If you all are in town, and want to come to the meeting…ĬAB: All the normal stuff you’d expect. It’s mostly white people, older guys on Harleys, lots of American flags…And of course, a church float… It reminded me a lot of small town parades where I grew up, in rural north Georgia. And rolling down the road through the town… was this parade. It’s pretty much the last stop on I-10 before you hit California, and the town is basically a collection of RV parks at the intersection of two major highways…A huge, flat expanse surrounded by mountains. And the enduring legacy and legend of one of its most mysterious characters – a man named Hi Jolly.Ĭhristian Adam Brown: In early January, I was out in the Arizona desert, in a town called Quartzsite. In this episode, Christian Adam Brown and contributor Annie Rosenthal take us on a journey to understand the Camel Experiment’s connections to western expansion. ![]() In 2019, journalist Sasha von Oldershausen reported an essay for the OA about a strange and forgotten chapter of American history: when camels roamed the deserts of West Texas in the service of the U.S. ![]()
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