BEAR CREEK BUFFALO SOLDIERS YOUTH ORGANIZATION
IRVING, TEXAS

We are a nonprofit 501(C)(3) youth-oriented organization. Our mission is to provide mentoring to youth ages 6-18. They are taught basic life skills, cultural awareness, and the historical accomplishments of Buffalo Soldiers. We perform community service activities and are involved with public schools, churches and other organizations.

FORT BLISS
FORT DAVIS
FORT DUNCAN
FORT RICHARDSON
FORT WORTH
FORT CONCHO
FORT GRIFFIN
FORT MCKAVETT
FORT LANCASTER
FORT STOCKTON

Shortly after the Civil War, Congress authorized the formation of the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 38th, 39th, 40th and 41st Infantry Regiment: Six all Black peacetime units. Later the four infantry regiments were merged into the 24th and 25th Infantries. The 10th Cavalry was formed at Fort Leavenworth under the leadership of Colonel Benjamin Gierson. The 9th Cavalry was formed in New Orleans, Louisiana by Colonel Edward Hatch. During their campaign in Texas, Buffalo Soldiers served at virtually every military post on the Texas frontier, from Fort Brown at Brownsville, to Fort Sill just across the Red River, to Fort Quitman on the Rio Grande in the far western part of Texas. Not long after their first encounter with the Native American tribes, the African-American troops received the name by which they are best known"The Buffalo Soldiers." They were reportedly so named because the Native American Indians likened the soldiers' hair with the hair of the sacred buffalo and also the soldier's courage and strength to that of the buffalo, a sacred symbol to all of the tribes.

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