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Press Release - History of Buffalo Soldiers Program February 12

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Steven Reidburn
February 1, 2012
(701) 572-9034

STEVE REIDBURN TO PRESENT HISTORY OF BUFFALO SOLDIERS AT FORT BUFORD AT THE MISSOURI-YELLOWSTONE CONFLUENCE CENTER ON FEBRUARY 12

WILLISTON – The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center will host a program detailing information about the history of buffalo soldiers and their involvement at Fort Buford on February 12, 2012, at 2 p.m. The presentation, by Fort Buford site supervisor Steve Reidburn, starts with the 1866 law authorizing black regiments in the U.S. Army. It includes information about the journey of two such regiments, the 25th Infantry and the 10th Cavalry, to the Upper Midwest and their arrival at Fort Buford. The 25th Infantry and the 10th Cavalry were stationed at Fort Buford between July 1891 and September 1895. The name “buffalo soldiers” was given to the black cavalry and infantry by the Indians of the Great Plains. Reidburn will detail what is known about the regiments and their duties at the fort. The presentation is scheduled for February as part of Black History Month.

The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center is part of the Fort Buford State Historic Site located 22 miles southwest of Williston. The Confluence Center is open year-round with winter hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays through Saturdays, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.

For more information about this and other upcoming events, call the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center at (701) 572-9034. For a detailed calendar of programs at North Dakota’s state historic sites, the North Dakota Heritage Center and the Pembina State Museum, contact the State Historical Society of North Dakota at (701) 328-2666 or visit the agency’s web site at www.history.nd.gov.

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