they could survive in the arid southwest.
Camels
Sahara
Camels were never native to Arizona. Any camels that ever existed in Arizona were brought over from the Middle East and Northern Africa, where they are native to. The only camels living in Arizona are held in captivity.
they brought camels to carry gold and salt, food and water
The only continents that have camels naturally are Africa and Asia. South America has relatives of the camels - alpacas, vicunas, llamas, guanacos - but no actual camels. Australia has thousands of camels that are descendants of animals brought in during the 19th century by man that are labeled now as invasive species and a pests. North America had some camels also imported during the same century that were released. However, there are no longer any feral camels in North America. Europe and Antarctica have no natural camels.
No, camels have long since disappeared from the deserts of the United States.
Franklin Pierce was the President of the United States but the idea for a US Army Camel Corps came from Jefferson Davis who was the US Secretary of War in 1855 when the Camel Corps was born.
Dromedary camels are native to the Saharan and other Middle Eastern desert. they are exotic to the US and other countries.
Cows, Sheep, Goat, Yak, and even Camels and Buffalo
Because camels are camels
The idea of using camels as overland transport in the deserts of the American Southwest was the brainchild of then US Secretary of War Jefferson Finis Davis.
The idea of using camels as overland transport in the deserts of the American Southwest was the brainchild of then US Secretary of War Jefferson Finis Davis.