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The Buffalo Soldiers were established by Congress after the Civil War as the first peacetime all-black regiments in the U.S. Army.

In 1897, bicycles were a new invention and the government wanted to test them for military use. Twenty members of the 25th Infantry (a.k.a. the Buffalo Soldiers) departed from Ft. Missoula, Montana in June and traveled all the way to Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis across five states for a total of 1,987 miles in only 41 days.

At the time, there were only 26 prototypes produced. The Buffalo Soldiers were to test these models in different terrains and weather conditions. While in the Rocky Mountains, they faced an unusually late spring snow storm and rode over railroad tracks for hundreds of miles. They also carried the bikes for almost 300 miles through sand hills in Nebraska. Once they arrived in St. Louis, they were welcomed by thousands of cheering fans.

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