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Most of the soldiers came from dry and dusty duty on southwest or western plains and some had never seen mountains or snow, not to mention geysers and hot springs. Many soldiers considered Yellowstone a good duty station. The men of the "snowshoe cavalry" especially enjoyed their rugged life and often volunteered to serve at remote snowshoe cabins. (They called them snowshoes, we call them skis.) No doubt the work was often hard, isolated, and dangerous, but the rewards were plentiful as well. |
