The US army brought in a corps of camels and camel jockies from the middle east for use in the western deserts. They found out camel feet do not work well on gravel. They are designed for pure sand. Most all camels in the USA are descendants of these army ones.
The camel barns in Benicia are a museum and some small woodworkers/crafts types have shops in the other buildings. There was. a guy who hand made custom wallpaper there on this old house.
BilL D.
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-beniciaarsenal/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Camel_Corps