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Western expansion in the US in the 1830s led to some curious ideas about how best to move people and goods across the desert Southwest.  The US Army gave Camels a go.   Of course there is more to the story, at least from a fantastic tales perspective.  After we establish the time and place I have cobbled together a fun story about 3 of the camels and a prospector named Jake (loosely based on another legend about Prospector Jake) Want to find more information about the US Camel Corp?   ARMY HISTORY CAMEL CORP CAMEL MUSEUM FT IRWIN SMITHSONIAN ARTICLE 

I hope you enjoyed this podcast as much as I enjoyed making it.  The story is pure folklore.  I wove in a few real characters from the historical record of 1862 to add color to my version of events.   If you have a fantastic tale of the west send me an email at freq13fm@gmail.com Here is the basis for my research The History of Wyoming Vol I. If you want it learn more about Ft. Caspar of visit Click Here. Cover Art created by Austin Plett

I want to share with you an upcoming podcast that I think you are going to love. The podcast will travel through time and space and share stories of the unexplained, the odd and simply fantastic tales from the past. Each story will be a rather tall tale or legend that has been recorded at some point in the past. We are going to walk back together and examine the time and place that set up the tale and then after sufficient historical background has been established I will tell you the story,  I will embelish the story, and sometimes I will tell it exactly as it was told to me. I will include any historical references in the show notes for you to further research on your own.  Email: freq13fm@gmail.com