WASHINGTON -- In the late 19th century and early 20th century, black troopers called the “Buffalo Soldiers” patrolled Yosemite and Sequoia national parks in California.

Meet America’s Buffalo Soldiers—some of the nation’s first park rangers. On a clear fall day in California in 1903, a group of soldiers and civilians, both African American and Caucasian, gathered in ...

If you know your history, you may know that July 28 is Buffalo Soldiers Day. According to park staff, it is also a fee-free entrance day – meaning visitors to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National ...

Buffalo Soldiers were among the first rangers at America's national parks. A national monument in Ohio honors their decades of service to the parks and country. Admission to all 423 National Park ...

To learn more about the Buffalo Soldiers, join Sequoia National Park for a “Legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers” event on June 18. From its beginning in 1890, Sequoia National Park was patrolled in ...

The Buffalo Soldiers improved an old wagon road to the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park, opening the grove to public access. They constructed the first trail to the top of Mt. Whitney, the ...

Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Parks.

Buffalo Soldiers — six Black regiments that served primarily out West after the Civil War — were among the first rangers, with some 500 serving in Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.

The charms of Northern California are legendary, from cosmopolitan San Francisco and the wine country of the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, to the scenic coastlines of Carmel and Big Sur. Equally popular ...

The Buffalo Soldiers also are credited with building the first trail to the top of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous U.S.; the first usable road into the Giant Forest in Sequoia ...

Regular Army units were rotated in and out, and in 1899, 1903 and again in 1904, Buffalo Soldiers from the 24th Mounted Infantry and the 9th Cavalry drew the assignment.