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.

Ali hired by the U.S. Army in Arizona in 1885, under the command of General George Crook during the Geronimo campaign where he was in charge of packing mules.
Later Ali moved and to Quartzsite, Arizona with his wife Gertrudis Serna and family.
During his years as a resident of Quartzsite, he did some mining in the local mines and on occasion served as a scout for the US government.
He died in 1902 and was buried in the Quartzsite Cemetery which was renamed the "Hi Jolly Cemetery" in 1903, in honor of Hadji Ali.
The cemetery is located in the intersection of West Elsie and Hi Jolly Lanes.
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.
Ali hired by the U.S. Army in Arizona in 1885, under the command of General George Crook during the Geronimo campaign where he was in charge of packing mules. Later Ali moved and to Quartzsite, Arizona with his wife Gertrudis Serna and family. During his years as a resident of Quartzsite, he did some mining in the local mines and on occasion served as a scout for the US government. He died in 1902 and was buried in the Quartzsite Cemetery which was renamed the "Hi Jolly Cemetery" in 1903, in honor of Hadji Ali. The cemetery is located in the intersection of West Elsie and Hi Jolly Lanes.
List of historic properties in Quartzsite, Arizona