Hi Jolly Monument - Quartzsite, AZ
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bluesnote
N 33° 39.864 W 114° 14.202
11S E 756222 N 3728372
A small monument located in Quartzsite.
Waymark Code: WMYJXX
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 06/22/2018
Views: 9
The Hi Jolly Monument is a grave site in the Hi Jolly Cemetery in Quartzsite, Arizona. The town is located along Interstate 10 about half way between Phoenix, Arizona and Los Angeles, California. The monument was constructed in 1935, above the grave of Hi Jolly. Hi Jolly, born in Syria in 1828 as Haiji Ali, came to the United States on February 10, 1856 where he was recruited by the US Army as a camel driver. At the time, the Untied States government wanted to fund a project that would help link small communities of the west to the east using camels. On February 10, 1856, 33 camels left Indinola, Texas with Hi Jolly leading the pack. The following year, on the Beale Expedition, the U.S. government wanted to construct a wagon road across Arizona's vast desert from Fort Defiance to California. The expedition was such a success that the federal government ordered 44 additional camels to be added to the project. That same year the camel expedition failed for unknown reasons, likely due to the high costs. Hi Jolly later died in Quartzsite, Arizona and was buried in a cemetery in town. In 1935, the federal government constructed a cairn monument in the shape of a pyramid over his grave site. In more recent times, the top of the monument had an installation of a camel silhouette sculpture. The monument was subsequently added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
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