Illustrating Utah History: The Fort Duchesne Buffalo Soldiers

This enlightening and insightful panel discussion brought to you by The Brigham City Museum of Art & History, in partnership with Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation and the Buffalo Soldier Research Group, features Robert Burch, Reilly Jensen, Fiona Robinson, and Dwayne Madry. The panel reviewed the findings of artifacts from the Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Duchesne, the historical research that found their stories, and the decision to make this history more accessible in the form of a graphic novel.
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[@andrewjwahlquist]

The Duchesne Strip I believe is present day Gusher. Bottle hollow was the name of the hollow the creek ran through. They Later named the reservoir nearby after it, but it is on the otherside of Fort Duchesne.

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Greetings. I’m a retired Army Infantryman and I spent time in California and I grew up in Southeast Oregon (Klamath County). While on recruiting duty I was stationed near Hanford, CA which is near Fresno, CA. About 30 minutes south of Hanford there’s a small group of old homes that’s now a State protected site that was made by all black Army Veterans who all agreed to move to California with their families and their Commanding Officer during the Civil War. The Soldiers built a very nice wood home for their Commander and they established farms and ranches for sustainment. I’m not positive if the black Soldiers served before, during or after the war since it’s possible they served in the Calvary on the plains/frontier in the 1870’s. I know about the Modoc Indian War from where I grew up so it was common to have a strong military presence on the west coast areas. What I found amazing was the respect these black soldiers had for their white Commanding Officer which speaks volumes. Black Soldiers were well known for having certain abilities that white Soldiers had some issue with. For the invasion of Cuba it was the black soldiers who were immune to malaria and heat injuries while the white soldiers were hit hard. By contrast, black soldiers don’t do as well in cold climates and have a higher risk cold weather injuries compared to Western European descended soldiers. So based on the history we know, building our country was done by both white and black men. Another interesting topic is how the Chinese came to the west coast and the things they built. In Hanford, CA there’s some small towns in the area and one town had an area where the lots were extremely small and the Chinese people that lived in those homes/businesses dug an extensive tunnel network to store goods and to have a place to sleep in that was cooler.
As for the LDS gentleman, I’m sorry to say that everything in that cult is a made up fantasy and a waste of time validating it. And never forget that LDS people are nowhere near the label of being a Christian. Things in the Bible have been validated so we understand the history and truth behind it so if he’s referring to people in the King James Version Bible then you should be fine.