Camel (cigarette)
In late 1987, RJR created "Joe Camel" as a brand mascot. In 1991, the American Medical Association published a report stating that 5- and 6-year olds could more easily recognize Joe Camel than Mickey Mouse, Fred Flintstone, Bugs Bunny or even Barbie. This led the association to ask RJR to terminate the Joe Camel campaign. RJR declined, but further appeals followed in 1993 and 1994. On July 10, 1997, the Joe Camel campaign was retired and replaced with a more adult campaign which appealed to the desires of its mid twenties target market. Camel paid millions of dollars to settle lawsuits accusing them of using Joe Camel to market smoking to children.
List of historic properties in Quartzsite, Arizona
Hadji Ali (1828 - December 16, 1902), a.k.a. "Hi Jolly" and "Philip Tedro", was an Ottoman subject of Syrian and Greek parentage, who was among the men hired by the United States Army to introduce camels as beasts of burden to transport cargo across the "Great American Desert." Ali was the lead camel driver during the US Army's experiment with the U.S. Camel Corps. The cost of the American Civil War resulted in that the Congress did no longer approve more funds for the Corps. The camels were auctioned in 1884 in Benicia, California. Ali was discharged from the Quartermaster Department of the U.S. Army at Camp McDowell in 1870.