Use the following links to uncover more Buffalo Soldier details:
Read "Finding George" about Pvt. George Metcalf of the Ninth Cavalry. In a Yosemite article, Shelton Johnson explains how he contacted the relatives of this Kentucky soldier [382 kb PDF].
Listen to "A Buffalo Soldier Speaks," an audio podcast featuring National Park Ranger Shelton Johnson as Sergeant Elizy Boman, Troop "K," Ninth U.S. Cavalry, who was dispatched to Yosemite National Park in 1903 and served there through 1904.
Learn about the roots of the Buffalo Soldiers during the Indian War-era at Fort Davis National Historic Site in western Texas. And, view more about the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the Western frontier, as a whole.
Study their role in the San Francisco area and related Sierra travels. Read more about their time at the Presidio of San Francisco or in Sequoia National Park through the story of Col. Charles Young, who became the park's acting superintendent in the summer of 1903.
