Red Ghost

Just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War the storied Army Corps of Topographical Engineers used camels as beasts of burden during their survey of a wagon road along the 35th Parallel from Albuquerque to Los Angeles. The camel experiment was highly successful but following the survey the government had no more use for the homely critters and sold some at auction while others were left to roam the deserts of western Arizona. And, therein spawned legends such as that of the "Red Ghost." The lege