^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Soldier Draw
^Water-supply Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1920. p. 75.
^"Dead Negro Draw". The Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^(PDF) (Report). United States Board on Geographic Names. 2016. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-12.
^"From Negro Creek to Wop Draw, place names offend". NBC News. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
^Oxner, Reese (December 11, 2020). "Why Do So Many Places In Texas Have 'Negro' In Their Name, Despite A Law Against It?". NPR. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
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buffalo, soldier, draw, valley, garza, lynn, counties, texas, united, states, when, valley, contains, stream, which, runs, miles, until, reaches, double, mountain, fork, brazos, river, originally, called, dead, nigger, creek, until, 1963, when, then, united, s. Buffalo Soldier Draw is a valley in Garza and Lynn counties Texas in the United States 1 When wet the valley contains a stream which runs 3 miles 4 8 km until it reaches the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River 2 It was originally called Dead Nigger Creek until 1963 when the then United States Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall mandated that the word Nigger in geographic names on federal maps and other products be changed to Negro 3 4 Both names probably commemorate the Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877 5 On April 9 2020 the United States Board on Geographic Names approved Garza County Judge Lee Norman s request to rename Dead Negro Draw to Buffalo Soldier Draw 6 See also EditList of rivers of TexasReferences Edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Buffalo Soldier Draw Water supply Paper U S Government Printing Office 1920 p 75 Dead Negro Draw The Handbook of Texas Texas State Historical Association Retrieved 5 October 2014 Principles Policies and Procedures Domestic Geographic Names Version 1 0 PDF Report United States Board on Geographic Names 2016 p 15 Archived from the original PDF on 2017 07 12 From Negro Creek to Wop Draw place names offend NBC News 26 February 2012 Retrieved 6 February 2015 Oxner Reese December 11 2020 Why Do So Many Places In Texas Have Negro In Their Name Despite A Law Against It NPR Retrieved June 14 2021 This article about a location in Garza County Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a location in Lynn County Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a river in Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Buffalo Soldier Draw amp oldid 1090373819, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
