Buffalo Soldiers
- Date Range
- September 21, 1866 – December 31, 1913
- Title
- Buffalo Soldiers
- What occurred
- In 1886 Congress created six segregated regiments which were later turned into four regiments (two cavalry units and two infantry units). These African American soldier regiments were known as "Buffalo Soldiers" supposedly because the Native Americans they encountered compared them to buffalo because they fought with honor as did the buffalo. These soldiers are important to environmental history because they were some of the first park rangers. 500 buffalo soldiers served in Yosemite National Park. Their main duties were kicking out poachers, timber thieves, and even putting our forest fires.
- Location
- 7403 Yosemite Park Way Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
- Image Citation
- History.com Editors. (2017, December 7). Buffalo soldiers. History.com. Retrieved October 24, 2021, from https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/buffalo-soldiers. U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Buffalo soldiers. National Parks Service. Retrieved October 24, 2021, from https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/buffalo-soldiers.htm.
- Student name(s)
- andrew bassuk
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