Scouting the Southwest | US Camel Corps (Patreon)

Scouting the Southwest | US Camel Corps

Try Skillshare for two months for free by going to http://skl.sh/knowingbetter5 When the United States acquired the Southwest, it quickly became apparent that horses and mules weren't going to cut it in the desert. So the Army turned to a strange foreign animal for help. Patreon ► http://patreon.com/knowingbetter Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KnowingBetterYT Facebook ► https://facebook.com/KnowingBetterYT/ Reddit ► https://reddit.com/r/KnowingBetter/ --- Thanks to Chubbyemu for reading the old-timey quotes: https://www.youtube.com/chubbyemugames https://twitter.com/chubbyemu --- https://armyhistory.org/the-u-s-armys-camel-corps-experiment/ https://books.google.com/books?id=ly05AQAAMAAJ https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Directors-Select-Articles/The-United-States-Army-Camel-Corps-1856-66/ https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/the-ghosts-of-camels-past-from-winsome-to-weird/ https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5434056.pdf https://books.google.com/books?id=bhk7AQAAMAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=iczSBcAUC5oC http://www.helleniccomserve.com/philiptedro.html --- Photo Credits - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg/601px-President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/M1A1_Trophy_Technology_Demonstrator.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Temee.jpg/1024px-Temee.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Dromadaire4478.jpg https://civilianmilitaryintelligencegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CamelGun.jpg https://iblogalot3.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/johnny-depp_tonto.jpg?w=760 https://www.maxpixel.net/static/photo/1x/The-Hoof-Foot-Horse-473094.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Dromedar-Fuss.jpg/1280px-Dromedar-Fuss.jpg https://armyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Horses-Eagerly-Quenching-1024x765.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/nataliemaynor/125294385 https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/27b0a6993e827cb4970f09f9cf8f1532306d6c4b/c=0-100-853-582/local/-/media/2016/08/09/Phoenix/Phoenix/636063531149742147-BealeCamel30.JPG?width=3200&height=1680&fit=crop https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Quartzsite-Hi_Jolly_Monument-1903-2.jpg/2448px-Quartzsite-Hi_Jolly_Monument-1903-2.jpg https://www.tripsavvy.com/thmb/lOITISh71U3S2gRPPTo4o3Pig6E=/830x668/filters:no_upscale()/2_camel-56a231203df78cf77273135f.jpg Video Credits - Southwest Passage (1954) Death Valley Days - Camel Train (1957) Hawmps! (1976) Star Wars Return of the Jedi (1983) Oregon Trail Straight to Hell! - Gamez R Hard - https://youtu.be/ZMGLaRvhm2o Pilgrim.. - ICLAIMTHISNAME - https://youtu.be/9O8oLqY2sxo Music Credits - Fife&Drum - When Johnny Comes Marching Home Intro/Outro and Background Music by Michael Cotten/Nomad http://www.mwcotten.com Intro Art and Channel Avatar by PoetheWonderCat https://poethewondercat.tumblr.com/ https://patreon.com/poethewondercat --- Hashtags: #history #camel #southwest #oldwest #oregontrail #cavalry #horse #desert #mojave #arizona #texas #california #newmexico #wagon #western --- This video was sponsored by Skillshare.