We’re driving out east this fall and it doesn’t look far off of Interstate 80. I will talk the husband into paying our respects and remember to wear my Trice stripes t-shirt.
Jack Trice gravesite
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It's not much off of 80. IIRC, Anna's memorial faces North, John's (Jack) faces South.
I belive you're right about his facing south, but John and Anna are on the same side. I believe his father is on the other. I didn't think to take a picture of the other side when I was there.
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I visited the site in 2013. Paid my respects to Jack and his family and left a little Cyclone memento on the base of the gravestone. The coordinates for the gravestone are
41* 18' 32.65" N and 81* 09' 08.18" W in case anyone wants to use GPS to get to the grave site. This is a picture of Jack's father's side of the gravestone:
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Yes, very interesting. Troop L 10th. Googling it will bring up some good details on it, they were one of the original "Buffalo Soldier" regiments.
When I was a kid, I had a friend whose uncle had a trash collection business. They found all kinds of pretty decent stuff, but it also mostly smelled pretty funky 
When I was a kid, I had a friend whose uncle had a trash collection business. They found all kinds of pretty decent stuff, but it also mostly smelled pretty funky
Not to worry, I don't think Jack would have much of an odor at this point.
Popping in to confirm his service in the 10th cavalry from 1882 to 1887. He galloped all over southwest Texas and southern Arizona. I have a bunch of original war documents that I dug out of some archives. Lots of really cool stuff. Maybe one day. I'm also pretty sure that's not the right birth date.
Spencer Hall (@edsbs) wrote a story in 2016 that led with Green Trice:
BUFFALO: ALSO KNOWN AS THE AMERICAN BISON
Some small details are wrong, but the overall story is fantastic. Spencer and a bunch of others also wrote a fictional CFB book, Sinful Seven, with Jack Trice in it and I worked closely with Richard Johnson (who's at Sports Illustrated now) on those segments. Richard also took much of our work and wrote this fantastic nonfiction piece:
Concerning the Many Legends of the Cyclone Named Jack Trice
While I'm here, I also wrote on Twitter today about finding a film of Jack Trice that ended up being a false alarm. There's pictures and everything:
Thanks for the great info that you have there, Kagavi. I was wondering if you would chime in to add to the conversation!
There is an I-STATE logo on the top of the headstone on Jacks side. I'm honestly a little disappointed that someone put it on there... While it was what caught my eye and allowed me to find it, I found it a bit disrespectful to attach something to the headstone. Now if you're thinking about just something to stake in the ground in front of it, I'm all for that.
Yes, was thinking to put in ground knowing whoever mows would remove it at some point
That insignia was not there when I visited in 2013. What I did was sat a little Cyclone "teddy bear" on the base of the gravestone. I sat it there and then forgot to take a picture with it there, duh!
College buddy last name King named his son John. Pissed him off when I called him Jack. Don't know why? (Jack King off)
I agree. I hoped that wasn’t stuck to the stone. That’s disrespectful.
I was thinking jack was short for John Patrick but I guess it's just short for John in some cases. In my family at least all the Jack's (4) are John Patricks
When I was younger, I used to wonder about who John F Kennedy’s brother Jack was, since I’d heard of Ted and Bobby. Because I heard people mention him all the time.
Then I was told that Jack is short for John.
I thought, “Both four letters long, but okay”.
(One grandfather, an uncle and a couple cousins on either side of the family were all named John, but no one ever called them “Jack”)
Visited Jack Trice's grave this summer. Took a while to find the grave. To help others here's a map and photo showing the location.
