Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Captain Charles Young and members of the Ninth Cavalry spent the summer of 1903 in Sequoia and General Grant national parks. Captain Young was the first African American superintendent of a national park. Young and the Ninth Cavalry accomplished more that summer than the army units that served…

An NPS “getaway” piece on the Wilberforce, Ohio site built around Youngsholm, the home of Buffalo Soldier Charles Young, with a nearby museum for visitors while the park’s home is renovated.