Hi Jolly and the US Camel Corps — In the mid 1850’s a group of Manifest Destinyists got the great idea to fight back the Indjins of the Western USA with a Calvary of camels. Jefferson Davis approved the plan and the trading route he sought to establish — “across the Great Desert”– from Texas [...]
Arizona
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Desert Archaeology
Desert Archaeology-– These are notes and anecdotes from an archaeology survey project that I am on in the Sonoran desert of Arizona. Paid to Hike in Desert I get paid to hike in the desert. “Really, they really pay us to do this?” Yes, it is true, archaeology surveys in the southwest are far different [...]
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Arrival in the Desert – Quartzsite Arizona
“Well, Ranger Abbey,” says Merle, “how do you like it out here in the middle of nowhere?” -Desert Solitaire I look out at a blue sky pressing itself down upon a red earth like a double sized woman’s buttocks being plopped down upon a standard sized chair. And like the poor chair, their is no [...]
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Meteorite Hunters and Desert Rats
I am introduced to the southwestern desert of the USA, I am introduced to the world of the meteorite hunters and desert rats. “Look out ‘dere,” spoke the woman behind the counter of a curiosity shop off interstate 40 in northern Arizona, “Wha’ you see out ‘dere dat is beautiful?” I looked out the open [...]
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Archaeology Project in Arizona
Archaeology Project in Arizona — Wade: We do have a survey project going on out of Quartzsite, Arizona, through the end of September. Then possible work beyond that on Arizona Forest surveys here and there. If you’re interested, the pay is $12/hour, plus $35/day per diem and lodging. The crew leaves for the field Monday [...]
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