Goal


The board approved a proposal in April 2020 from Garza County Judge Lee Norman to rename the area Buffalo Soldier Draw.

Description


Status: Pending Resolution

Dead Negro Draw is a valley in Garza and Lynn counties, Texas, in the United States. When wet, the valley contains a stream which runs 3 miles (4.8 km) until it reaches the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River.


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". Both names probably commemorate the Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877. The name is descriptive of violence which was common on the American frontier.


The board approved a proposal in April 2020 from Garza County Judge Lee Norman to rename the area Buffalo Soldier Draw.

Campaigns & Petitions (1)


2020-12-22 • Pending Resolution • change.org

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