The Beale Wagon Road proved to be a popular trail for westward bound immigrants in the post Civil War period and into the 1870s. It would also play a pivotal role in the development of the Arizona territories. The experiment with the use of camels wasn’t quite as...
We ended the last episode with Lt. Edward Beale’s commission to survey a wagon road across northern New Mexico and Arizona, and to test the viability of camels for the use of military equipment transport in the desert southwest. If ever a man was destined for...
