tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post8520648219029754761..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Christmas Eve history lessonGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-43435651148537741182011-11-15T14:13:21.693-05:002011-11-15T14:13:21.693-05:00Digging through your archives while I should be li...Digging through your archives while I should be listening to a physics lecture and I was startled to lear the source of one of the more random but entertaining camp songs I sang as a camper and counselor in my younger days! Thank you Dr. Grumpy!Larissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03662904020582190753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-5968161763114160092010-12-28T12:33:48.399-05:002010-12-28T12:33:48.399-05:00What a great story. I can't believe I've ...What a great story. I can't believe I've never heard of this before!Nectarinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957078633582883380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27043307333982865522010-12-27T15:46:09.664-05:002010-12-27T15:46:09.664-05:00I am a big fan of your site, and have enjoyed your...I am a big fan of your site, and have enjoyed your rants and especially your historical stuff for over a year. Now, here is something I bet you didn't know about Hi Jolly. As a child I was reading a lot of books, and one author I stumbled across was a guy named Jim Kjelgaard. He just so happened to write a young adult fiction book about the very same Hi Jolly you posted about. You can even buy a used copy from Amazon.com if you want to give it to your kids to read, I really enjoyed it when I was 8.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Hi-Jolly-Jim-Kjelgaard/dp/B0007HEANE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293482669&sr=1-2<br /><br />Anyways, nice post, keep up the cool historical posts, many of us really enjoy them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-25639212404339961362010-12-26T21:20:01.650-05:002010-12-26T21:20:01.650-05:00I mentioned this post when we were at Christmas Br...I mentioned this post when we were at Christmas Breakfast (got there half an hour late at 1230) at my parent's house. My dad immediately went, "Oh yes! Of course you know..."<br /><br />Most of the conversation of the day seemed to be about the education system of the United States though.<br /><br />ablests - hmmmm, given what dad was saying, maybe we'd better not go there.Kat's Katshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519016601947528061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-4740456447267441162010-12-26T21:06:23.746-05:002010-12-26T21:06:23.746-05:00Wow! I know the song (by heart) from an old New Ch...Wow! I know the song (by heart) from an old New Christy Minstrels album my parents had and that I appropriated. That album was one of my first experiences with folk music and I loved it; still do (folk music, too). I knew only a little of the story, mostly from the tiny bit of info about the song in the liner notes. I wish I had known about the memorial when we toured Arizona a couple of years ago. Oh, well. Thanks for the great story; I love all your posts, both medical and historical, and have sent many people your way. May you never be stuck in the desert without a camel!Erica Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-48544400025054991032010-12-26T08:53:47.500-05:002010-12-26T08:53:47.500-05:00thank you grumpy. thank you b perky. now i will go...thank you grumpy. thank you b perky. now i will go to quartzite and lebec. is there a map or record of the camel trail through the mojave for this lazy boy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-20050603805404237702010-12-25T13:59:05.197-05:002010-12-25T13:59:05.197-05:00Thank you for this tidbit.Thank you for this tidbit.Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204635978443190089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-43017630287643853552010-12-24T18:20:46.873-05:002010-12-24T18:20:46.873-05:00There is also another place they are remembered. F...There is also another place they are remembered. Fort Tejon in California is one place they were kept. You can visit there and learn about their story.B. Perkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393766877338286345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-32873474482317481712010-12-24T16:48:18.307-05:002010-12-24T16:48:18.307-05:00Hee! That's great!
I bet the person who shot ...Hee! That's great!<br /><br />I bet the person who shot the camel thinking it was a grizzly was the sort to just shoot anything large and furry on the presumption that it must be a grizzly. It's lucky he didn't nail a large chap in a fur coat (as far as we know, anyway).Pollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-17723787283733282092010-12-24T16:46:37.863-05:002010-12-24T16:46:37.863-05:00Fabulous (and fascinating)post!Fabulous (and fascinating)post!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-22349415920089009782010-12-24T16:43:55.878-05:002010-12-24T16:43:55.878-05:00Long time listener, first time complainer.
The So...Long time listener, first time complainer.<br /><br />The Southern Arizona desert probably did not cause the camels to actually change phase, but faze is probably more accurate.<br /><br />There is no Douglas, Texas, but there is a Douglas, Arizona, right close by.<br /><br />The US Camel Corps also is a part of the history of Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas, which is about 150 miles west of San Antonio on the Rio Grande and at the end of the easy part of the El Paso Road.Brenda Helversonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-50814437903096195562010-12-24T13:55:27.833-05:002010-12-24T13:55:27.833-05:00Love your history posts but "The huge southwe...Love your history posts but "The huge southwest desert didn't phase them"<br /><br />It didn't faze them either.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827236343578670299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-85997034274898635542010-12-24T13:38:14.640-05:002010-12-24T13:38:14.640-05:00Excellent history lesson Grumps!Excellent history lesson Grumps!pharmacy chickhttp://pharmacychick.blogpharm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7895951842826498822010-12-24T13:09:07.766-05:002010-12-24T13:09:07.766-05:00Excellent!! I get a 'daddy story' a day e...Excellent!! I get a 'daddy story' a day early!! ::big grin:: You have to understand that my dad is a historian who knows everything everything about everything. As in, "Hey dad! Do you know anything about [insert obscure historical fact/figure here]?" and you get a gleeful "You mean you don't know about [insert obscure historical fact/figure here]?! Oh! Well!..." and an hour or two later you're still fascinated having missed the fact that you needed to be somewhere half an hour ago.<br /><br />Which reminds me, we'll be discussing Vietnam tomorrow. My son has a question.Kat's Katshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519016601947528061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-56320083689450682572010-12-24T12:06:01.717-05:002010-12-24T12:06:01.717-05:00They should bring back Camel Polo.They should bring back Camel Polo.ERPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-4093253034233332662010-12-24T10:22:18.115-05:002010-12-24T10:22:18.115-05:00Great history lesson! Living in Texas, was aware ...Great history lesson! Living in Texas, was aware of the camels arriving...but, knew little of the rest of the story.<br />Always enlightening Dr. G.!<br /> CPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-73232254948591106662010-12-24T09:26:39.096-05:002010-12-24T09:26:39.096-05:00What a fascinating and bizarre story.......I loved...What a fascinating and bizarre story.......I loved it. Thank you SO much.Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398370059689865989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-74762819244266290322010-12-24T09:15:19.020-05:002010-12-24T09:15:19.020-05:00I loved the "technically" footnote.
You...I loved the "technically" footnote.<br /><br />You always here about Hannibal and his elephants (that didn't actually work as planned, either), but you never hear of the US Army and their camels.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-28032074716083328722010-12-24T08:47:55.187-05:002010-12-24T08:47:55.187-05:00OMG! Wow. I am totally amazed that you wrote about...OMG! Wow. I am totally amazed that you wrote about Hi Jolly. I live in Arizona and have found his story fascinating. Until I moved here, I did not know that we had ever had camels in this country. <br /><br />Just down the street from my house is a Hi Jolly gift shop.<br /><br />At first I thought it was different from the usual ship stories that you post, but then I realized that camels are known and the "ship of the desert."<br /><br />This was an awesome post. I hope you will add it to your history lectures! (And keep posting the hsitory stories. I LOVE them!)Sandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-45286273885219238432010-12-24T08:40:13.359-05:002010-12-24T08:40:13.359-05:00This is one of my favorite oddities of American hi...This is one of my favorite oddities of American history. Thanks for writing about it!Bbnoreply@blogger.com