He also sought to acquire more land to expand the boundaries of the park, but was unsuccessful, and the Park Service later acquired much of the same property at a far higher price. But once the road was finished, Captain Young observed people trampling the shallow roots of the giant trees, and he built a fence around the most exposed trees to protect them. "The wagon road enabled wealthy, influential people to visit the park for the first time, and to show their appreciation and support by lobbying Congress for funding to adequately protect it. During the summer of 1903, Young and his troops built as much road as the combined results of the three previous summers. Still not content, Young kept his crews working and soon extended the road to the base of the famous Moro Rock. By mid-August wagons were entering the mountain -top forest for the first time. Hoping to break the sluggish pattern of previous military administrations, Young poured his considerable energies into the project, and dirt and rock began to fly. "Young and his troopers arrived in Sequoia after a 16-day ride to find that their major assignment would be the extension of the wagon road. In a brochure provided by the park I read: wars against Native Americans in the American West and against natives in the jungles of the Philippines, Captain Young arrived in Sequoia in June 1903 with 93 Buffalo Soldiers from Troops I and M of the Ninth U.S. The third African American to graduate from West Point Military Academy, Captain Young said later that the worst he could wish for an enemy would be to make him a black man and send him to West Point. Cavalry and three white officers arrived at the park in June under the command of Captain Charles Young. Deployed to protect the park in the summer of 1903, the men of Troops I and M of the ninth U.S. As I drove up the winding mountain road, with spectacular views on either side as far as I could see, a shiver ran through me as I thought of the Buffalo Soldiers who rode steadily for 16 days from the Presidio to get to the park. "Sequoia National Park is twice the size of New York City and almost six times as large as Washington, D.C., in the High Sierra Mountains. Here's my report combined from Legacy on the Land and Our True Nature:
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