The 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army was one of the original African-American units known as the “Buffalo Soliders.” There were two cavalry and two infantry regiments established in 1866. When war boke out in Spain on April 25, 1898, all four African-American regiments were recalled from the West where they had been involved in campaigns against American Indian tribes in an area from Montana in the Northwest to Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. When they weren’t fighting the Indians they built forts, roads, installed telegraph lines, located water holes, escorted wagon trains and cattle drives, rode “shotgun” on stagecoach and mail runs and protected settlers from Indian…

Cook’s Natural Science Museum offers an educational experience for schools, church groups and various other organizations with cheap entry ticket price, range from $13 – $20. The museum provides extensive collections of beautiful and exotic insects, mounted birds and animals, rocks and minerals, sea shells and coral. Collections of beautiful and exotic insects, birds, animals, rocks, minerals, sea shells and more!  Protected and endangered species are included in the museum’s vast collection and many animals are shown in their natural habitats. Wildlife common to the Tennessee Valley is featured in one display with over fifty species of insects, animals, and water life from the region. In addition, unusual and practical…