Under Lt. William Echols in 1859, caravans of the U. S. Camel Corps crossed the county searching for a shorter route to Fort Davis.

During the " Battle of the Camel " Marwan ibn al-Hakam is said to have shot his general Talhah with an arrow to the thigh, resulting in his death.

After folio 21 verso two leaves are missing which should have contained Ox ( Bos ), Camel ( Camelus ), Dromedary ( Dromedarius ), Ass ( Asinus ), Onager ( Onager ) and part of Horse ( Equus ).

This theory, which was repeated by later antiquaries, is bolstered, or may have derived from, Cadbury's proximity to the River Cam and towns Queen Camel and West Camel, and remained popular enough to help inspire a large-scale archaeological dig in the 20th century.

Other places in Britain with names related to " Camel " have also been suggested, such as Camelford in Cornwall, located down the River Camel from where Geoffrey places Camlann, the scene of Arthur's final battle.

Near Padstow, a Roman site of some importance now lies buried under the sands on the opposite side of the Camel estuary near St. Enodoc's Church, and may have been a western coastal equivalent of a Saxon Shore Fort.

There have been ferries across the Camel estuary for centuries and the current service, the Black Tor Ferry, carries pedestrians between Padstow and Rock daily throughout the year.

In September 2010, Camel Productions announced that Latimer and Denis Clement have started writing material for a new Camel album.

She might have been married but divorced: in " Half a Camel ", she states, " Sometimes I wonder whether I should get married again, but you get a problem in your love life.

Camel trains were also used sparingly elsewhere across the globe but during the 20th century they have been largely replaced by motorized vehicles or air traffic.

Camel trains have also long been used in portions of trans-Asian trade, including the Silk Road.

Camel cigarettes were originally blended to have a milder taste in contrast to brands that, at the time of its introduction, were considered much harsher.

As of June 2012, Camel filters have been discontinued in the United Kingdom, with the exception of one store on Sidney Street in Cambridge due to continual record high sales since 2008.

When the Joe Camel advertisements started in 1988, that figure was only at US $ 6 million, " implicitly suggesting such advertisements have harmed a great many teenagers by luring them into

Here the Cornwall Birdwatching and Preservation Society have hides on both sides of the river ; those on the Camel Trail being open to the public.

The name Camel is derived from Middle Cornish " Cam-El ", " Crooked one ", and seems originally to have referred only to the upper parts.

The Camel estuary appears to have been called the River Hayle from Middle Cornish " Hayle ", estuary and while this may have been as much a description as a proper name, the continued use of the name Hayle Bay for the bay containing Polzeath beach supports this.

Two of the group's albums have entered the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart: A Man's Not a Camel ( 1999 ) and Smoko At The Pet Food Factory ( 2011 ).

Other identifications have been offered, including the River Camel along the border of Cornwall, Camelon near Falkirk and the River Camlan in Eifionydd, now part of Gwynedd.

According to Ibn Khaldun's sources, he claimed to have received a new revelation from God, with 80 chapters, some called after prophets, such as Adam, Noah, and others after other things, such as the Duck, the Camel, the Elephant, Harut and Marut, Iblis and " Chapter of the Wonders of the World "; they read these chapters in their prayers.

IMSA continued to have success with its own Camel GT series.

* The Camel cigarette brand is introduced by R. J. Reynolds in the United States, the first packaged cigarette.

* The Battle of the Camel between Ali and Aisha, part of the first civil war in Islam, takes place in modern-day Basra, Iraq.

On his itinerary of 1542, Leland was the first to record the tradition ( possibly influenced by the proximity of the villages of Queen Camel and West Camel ) identifying the hillfort of Cadbury Castle in Somerset as Arthur's Camelot:

De León, a native of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, first won a world title when faced with WBC world champion Marvin Camel on November 25, 1980, at the undercard of Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán's second fight in New Orleans.

The IBF's first world champion was Marvin Camel, a former WBC world Cruiserweight champion who won the IBF's belt in the same division.

Jefferson Airplane became the first San Francisco psychedelic band signed to a major label, followed soon after by Sopwith Camel.

Camel cigarette package from the first half of the 20th century.

Joe Camel first appeared in the U. S in 1988, in materials created for the 75th anniversary of the Camel brand by Trone Advertising.

On his first flight, he was assigned to ferry a Sopwith Camel from England to the western front, but crashed on the White Cliffs of Dover.

* December 13-The IBF's first world title fight, as Marvin Camel becomes world Cruiserweight champion for the second time, knocking out Roddy McDonald in five rounds for the IBF's vacant title, in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada.

It follows first the River Camel, and then Little Petherick Creek from Padstow to Little Petherick, before striking inland and crossing the county to the River Fowey.

The Camel estuary was one of the first places in England to be colonised by Little Egrets, the birds being particularly seen on mudflats at low tide.

Camel beat Mate Parlov for the vacant WBC world Cruiserweight title in 1980, losing the title in his first defense, to Carlos De León.

* July 31 – An aircraft takes off from platform installed on a towed lighter for the first time, when Royal Air Force Lieutenant Stewart Culley takes off in a Sopwith Camel from a lighter towed behind a British warship.

The film was the first not to feature Sid James since Follow That Camel seven years previously.

The first generation Freelander was used in the 1998 Camel Trophy and participated in Land Rover's G4 Challenge.

70 Squadron was the first to be equipped with the notoriously difficult but hugely successful British fighter, the Sopwith Camel.

It was also during this period ( 3 September ) that Bickerton became one of the first men to use the Sopwith Camel as a night-fighter.

English progressive rock band Camel named the first song on their Moonmadness album after the crater.

For instance, the infamous scene in the first Olympics where Ramenman rips Brockenman in half with the Camel Clutch has been changed to him merely chopping Brocken's back and then turning him into ramen noodles which he then eats.

In August 2008, Hughenden will be hosting the first Arid Lands Festival and The Great Hughenden Camel Endurance Challenge.

The race saw four drivers replaced by drivers making their first Formula One start: Jean Alesi replaced Michele Alboreto at Tyrrell after a rumored contract dispute ( Alboreto was personally sponsored by Marlboro and team boss Ken Tyrrell had signed their rival Camel as the team's major sponsor ).