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"Old Guard House, Fort Sill, Okla" [The stone Guard House at Fort Sill, Oklahoma was built between 1872 and 1873 by the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th Cavalry Regiment]. DigitalPrairie.ok.gov ~ Oklahoma Department of Libraries (Oklahoma Postcard). Curt Teich & Co. Archived from the original on July 1, 1938 – via Sooner News Co. ~ Lawton ...
Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Oklahoma City.It covers almost 94,000 acres (38,000 ha). [2]The fort was first built during the Indian Wars. [3]
The Red River War officially ended in June 1875 when Quanah Parker and his band of Quahadi Comanche entered Fort Sill and surrendered; they were the last large roaming band of southwestern Indians. Combined with the extermination of the buffalo, the war left the Texas Panhandle permanently open to settlement by farmers and ranchers.
The 1997 television movie Buffalo Soldiers, starring Danny Glover, drew attention to their role in the military history of the United States. [56] Chris Bohjalian's The Buffalo Soldier, the 10th Cavalry Regiment is quoted in between chapters with George Rowe and his views on the Civil War. The author also wrote, "The Buffalo Soldier" in 2002. [57]
At first, Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry were dispatched from Fort Sill to establish an installation called “Camp Near the Cheyenne Agency.” They were reassigned to the Wichita Agency , 30 miles (48 km) south of Darlington, because of Indian unrest in that area.
The Comanche: Lords of the Southern Plains, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1952; Nye, Wilbur Sturtevant. Carbine and Lance: The Story of Old Fort Sill, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1983; Leckie, William H. The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1967; Fowler, Arlen L.
Erick Cedeño received a hero’s welcome when he rode his bicycle into the front drive of the Missouri History Museum The post Bicycle Nomad and others recreate 1,900-mile ride of Buffalo Soldier ...
Buffalo Hump and the Penateka Comanches, Texas Western Press, El Paso, 1989; Nye, Wilbur Sturtevant. Carbine and Lance: The Story of Old Fort Sill, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1983; Leckie, William H. The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1967; Fowler, Arlen L.