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Hi Jolly Monument

La Paz County, AZ

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National Register pyramid tomb of Hadji Ali (“Hi Jolly”), Syrian-born camel driver for the 1850s U.S. Army Camel Corps experiment, in Quartzsite’s pioneer cemetery. 1930s Arizona Highway Department monument of local stone topped with a copper camel silhouette—Quartzsite’s most-visited historic landmark and a tangible pin for the Southwest camel-corps and desert-freight story.

Field facts

RegionLa Paz County, AZ
Coordinates33.6646, -114.2363
SubjectHadji Ali / Hi Jolly (d. 1902)
DedicationArizona Highway Department monument era (1930s; local grave pyramid earlier)
NRHPListed on the National Register of Historic Places (2011)
SettingHi Jolly Cemetery / pioneer section, Town of Quartzsite

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