Guest Column: Wild camels

by Special to the Herald Times on March 9, 2023

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The Meeker Herald Feb. 18, 1899, edition reported: “The last wild camel in the United States died the other day. While full particulars of the event are not at hand, it is probable death was caused by the last straw breaking his back.” I am not quite sure how much of this was real news or just tongue-in-cheek. The same column quoted, “The man who keeps his mouth shut seldom acquires a reputation as a…

One Comment

Irene Moore
March 15, 2023 at 8:28 pm

I wrote in Candy Baxter’s post on FB that my father, Tom Moore, did have a pet camel in the Meeker area in the ‘70s and 80s named Humphrey. There was an article in the Meeker paper about it , which I’ll try and find.