Hump Day History: The History of Hi Jolly and the Great
Camel Experiment in the Southwest (Community Education: $5)

Spend your hump day evening on a fast-paced romp through 19th century American history, the Ottoman Empire, Crimean War, Critical Race Theory, Manifest Destiny, slavery, the Civil War, and, of course, camels, and their legendary camel driver, Hi Jolly. Desert journalist/historian Steve Brown takes us back to the 1850s and spins the true story of legendary camel driver Hi Jolly and the “camel corps” of the U.S. Army during the years leading up to the Civil War and beyond, in a fast-paced tale of the Middle East meets the American West, and learn the truth of who – or what – is buried in Hi Jolly’s tomb!

This presentation is a Paul and Jane Smith Desert History Lecture, part of CMC’s Mojave Month 2024, a month of desert-focused cultural programs.

Room 225