Knowing Better's video: The Oregon Trail of the Southwest US Camel Corps

When the United States acquired the Southwest, it quickly became apparent that horses and mules weren't going to cut it in the desert. So the Army turned to a strange foreign animal for help. Try Skillshare for two months for free by going to http://skl.sh/knowingbetter5 Website ► http://knowingbetter.tv Store ► http://standard.tv/knowingbetter Patreon ► http://patreon.com/knowingbetter Paypal ► http://paypal.me/knowingbetter Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KnowingBetterYT Twitch ► https://twitch.tv/knowingbetteryt Facebook ► https://facebook.com/KnowingBetterYT/ Instagram ► https://instagram.com/knowingbetteryt Reddit ► https://reddit.com/r/KnowingBetter/ --- Thanks to Chubbyemu for reading the old-timey quotes: https://www.youtube.com/chubbyemugames https://twitter.com/chubbyemu --- https://armyhistory.org/the-u-s-armys-camel-corps-experiment/ https://books.google.com/books?id=ly05AQAAMAAJ https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Directors-Select-Articles/The-United-States-Army-Camel-Corps-1856-66/ https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/the-ghosts-of-camels-past-from-winsome-to-weird/ https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5434056.pdf https://books.google.com/books?id=bhk7AQAAMAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=iczSBcAUC5oC http://www.helleniccomserve.com/philiptedro.html --- Photo Credits - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg/601px-President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/M1A1_Trophy_Technology_Demonstrator.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Temee.jpg/1024px-Temee.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Dromadaire4478.jpg https://civilianmilitaryintelligencegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CamelGun.jpg https://iblogalot3.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/johnny-depp_tonto.jpg?w=760 https://www.maxpixel.net/static/photo/1x/The-Hoof-Foot-Horse-473094.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Dromedar-Fuss.jpg/1280px-Dromedar-Fuss.jpg https://armyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Horses-Eagerly-Quenching-1024x765.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/nataliemaynor/125294385 https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/27b0a6993e827cb4970f09f9cf8f1532306d6c4b/c=0-100-853-582/local/-/media/2016/08/09/Phoenix/Phoenix/636063531149742147-BealeCamel30.JPG?width=3200&height=1680&fit=crop https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Quartzsite-Hi_Jolly_Monument-1903-2.jpg/2448px-Quartzsite-Hi_Jolly_Monument-1903-2.jpg https://www.tripsavvy.com/thmb/lOITISh71U3S2gRPPTo4o3Pig6E=/830x668/filters:no_upscale()/2_camel-56a231203df78cf77273135f.jpg Video Credits - Southwest Passage (1954) Death Valley Days - Camel Train (1957) Hawmps! (1976) Star Wars Return of the Jedi (1983) Oregon Trail Straight to Hell! - Gamez R Hard - https://youtu.be/ZMGLaRvhm2o Pilgrim.. - ICLAIMTHISNAME - https://youtu.be/9O8oLqY2sxo Music Credits - Fife&Drum - When Johnny Comes Marching Home --- Intro/Outro and Background Music by Michael Cotten/Nomad http://www.mwcotten.com Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/album/0zCYP8rPoTWYoldR70bIiI Amazon ► https://amzn.to/2zbsfHd Intro Art and Channel Avatar by PoetheWonderCat https://twitter.com/ThatCatNamedPoe --- Hashtags: --- This video was sponsored by Skillshare.