American Camel Company ID: 2210 | This file appears in: Camels at Fort Defiance The charter for the unfulfilled American Camel Company, established 1854 in anticipation of the money to be made using camels in transportation to California across the newly acquired Mexico Territory. | Source: Gray, Arthur Amos, Francis Peloubet, and William S. Lewis. Camels in Western America. San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1930. Download Original File SourceGray, Arthur Amos, Francis Peloubet, and William S. Lewis. Camels in Western America. San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1930. "American Camel Company" appears in: Camels at Fort Defiance