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In Arizona folklore, the Red Ghost is a figure alleged to have roamed the Arizonan frontier in the late 19th century. It was said to have been a large, red camel, with a bleached human skeleton upon its back. Legends of it were widespread across Arizona, up until its supposed death before the dawn of the 20th century. [1]
The Hi Jolly Monument is a grave site in the Hi Jolly Cemetery located at Quartzsite, Arizona, United States, marking the grave of Hi Jolly, a Syrian-born camel driver brought to the United States in 1856 to drive camels for the US Cavalry. [2] The site is located halfway between Phoenix, Arizona, and Los Angeles, California. [3]
A released camel or a descendent of one is believed to have inspired the Arizonan legend of the Red Ghost. [9] One of the few camel drivers whose name survives was Hi Jolly. He lived out his life in the United States. After his death in 1902, he was buried in Quartzsite, Arizona.
Quartzsite is a town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population was 2,413. [3] Interstate 10 runs directly through Quartzsite which is at the intersection of U.S. Route 95 and Arizona State Route 95 with I-10.
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Hi Jolly or Hadji Ali (Arabic: حاج علي, romanized: Ḥājj ʿAlī; Turkish: Hacı Ali), also known as Philip Tedro (c. 1828 – December 16, 1902), was an Ottoman subject of Syrian and Greek parentage, [1] and in 1856 became one of the first camel drivers ever hired by the US Army to lead the camel driver experiment in the Southwest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 5.6 square miles (14.4 km 2), 5.2 square miles (13.4 km 2) of it land, and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2) of it (7.15%) water. Helendale is located in a generally flat area in the Mojave Desert , between Victorville and Barstow .
This is a list of lists of ghost towns in the United States by state. List of ghost towns in Alabama; List of ghost towns in Alaska; List of ghost towns in Arizona;