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Cavalry members from a famed Buffalo Soldiers regiment standing next to their horses circa 1895.

Buffalo Soldiers were America's first National Park Rangers

Cavalry members from a famed Buffalo Soldiers regiment standing next to their horses circa 1895.

Black soldiers were first tasked with patrolling Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant (Kings Canyon) National Park nearly 20 years before the National Park service was established in 1916.

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