Buffalo Soldiers At Fort Robinson
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N 42° 40.195 W 103° 28.336
13T E 625188 N 4725292
This marker, one of many in Fort Robinson State Park, is about the calvary regiments of Black Soldiers stationed here.
Waymark Code: WM4HHA
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2008
Views: 56
The Text of the Marker reads:
Black soldiers of the Ninth and Tenth cavalry regiments (called "buffalo soldiers" by the Plains
Indians) garrisoned Fort Robinson for eighteen years and played an important role in
northwestern Nebraska's history. Organized in 1866, the regiments first served in the Southwest.
In 1885 the Ninth Cavalry arrived at Fort Robinson, which was regimental headquarters from
1887 to 1898. The black troopers helped build the new post during the fort's 1887 expansion and
were the first cavalrymen sent to the Pine Ridge Reservation during the Ghost Dance trouble of
1890. Lt. John Alexander, the second African American graduate of West Point, and Henry
Plummer, the first black chaplain in the regular army, served here. So did ten buffalo soldier
Medal of Honor men.
In 1902 the men of the "Fighting Tenth" Cavalry, veterans of the Battle of San Juan Hill, made
their headquarters here. Four years later the Tenth helped capture Ute Indians who had fled their
Utah reservation, the last military action against Indians on the northern Plains. In 1907 the
regiment left for duty in the Philippines.
Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation
Nebraska State Historical Society
U.S. 20, West of Crawford at Fort Robinson State Park
Dawes County
Marker 392
The marker is located at the north end of the large parade ground.
Marker Name: Buffalo Soldiers At Fort Robinson
Other: yes
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