The US Camel Corps, Part One: Several People With A Really Weird Dream

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Let's face it: camels look goofy. And we say this with great affection! In fact, the camel's seemingly awkward appearance is the result of some stellar adaptation toward survival in one of the world's most inhospitable biomes. Back in the 1800s, a small group of camel enthusiasts and supply chain experts looked at the vast swathes of American desert and said "hang on... what if we had camels, too?" Join the guys with special guest Jonathan Strickland as they explore the rise and fall of the U.S. Camel Corps.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show.
0:27.9	Fellow ridiculous historians,
0:29.0	thank you, as always, so much for joining us.
0:32.4	Let's give a big shout out to our super guest producer, Matt the Madman, Stiloh.
0:39.6	Ooh, la la la.
0:40.7	Now, we are live in a new land for us.
0:45.5	Indeed.
0:46.1	And you're Noel Brown.
0:47.8	Yes, does I?
0:48.7	I'm Ben Bowlin.
0:50.2	Tis you.
0:50.7	And we're doing something extra special today, Noel.
0:53.5	We are exploring a very strange
0:56.7	story that doesn't often get talked about and is somewhat thematically apropos for us,
1:01.0	wouldn't you say? I would say so. It is in relation to a different land, but there are some
1:07.5	crossovers here in terms of the type of pack animal in question.
1:12.8	There we go.
1:13.5	There we go.
1:14.7	And speaking of crossovers, we are...
1:17.9	And animals.
1:18.9	And absolute animals.
1:20.9	We are joined with a very special guest that usually just shows up to ruin the show at the end.
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