Youngsholm during a park event - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

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Youngsholm during a park event - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

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Youngsholm, the former home of Colonel Charles Young and his family. Colonel Young became the first African-American superintendent of a national park when he and his troopers of the 9th Cavalry spent the summer of 1903 in Sequoia National Park as its protectors.

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1903
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