New Yosemite tour keeps history of 'Buffalo Soldiers' alive 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 are the region's incredible national parks, and each
year countless visitors enjoy the towering trees of Sequoia
National Park, a fun and memorable Yosemite tour , or the rugged
beauty of Kings Canyon. While Northern California's parks are
highly renowned, less well-known is a fascinating chapter in
American history that played out in part there - the story of
America's Buffalo Soldiers; African-American troops who served
in the U.S. Army in the American West during the late 1800s and
early 1900s. A term of respect coined by Native Americans, the
"Buffalo Soldier" name has been attributed variously to the
soldiers' ferocity, and to the resemblance of soldiers' hair to
a tuft of fur between buffalos' horns. What is more definitively
known is that Buffalo So