Abraham Lincoln and China

[Craig Hipkins]

(08-02-2012 03:57 PM)Laurie Verge Wrote:  Wow - and Jefferson Davis was going to bring over camels while he was still in the U.S. Cabinet in order to carry the mail to the West Coast.

If I recall, some of these camels were reportedly seen in the American southwest up until the early 1900s. Another thing that I remember reading about is that the camels could not be stabled with horses because apparently the horse did not like its smell!

Craig