HI JOLLY'S (Hadji Ali) TOMB
Quartzsite, Arizona
This monument was built over the grave of an
Arabian who served this country for some 36 years.
Hadji Ali, called Hi Jolly, was brought into this
country to look after 75 camels used by the army
in the southwest. The experiment failed because the
sand was coarse and cut the camel's feet. The horse
soldiers had no use for the beasts as they often
frighten their mounts and were trouble makers.
When the railroad pushed west the Camel Corps
turned loose their animals around 1865. Hi Jolly
stayed with the army as a trusted scout, later he
turned to mining and prospecting. When he died in
1902 at the age of 74 he had no worldly goods but
he was rich in the knowledge that he left this world
better than when he found it ... M.P.
© & Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California
B-951
Photo-color by Merle Porter
S-70954
