Dead Negro Draw

Dead Negro 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 the present name was adopted.[3] Both names probably commemorate the Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877.[4] The name is descriptive of violence which was common on the American frontier.[5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dead Negro Draw
  2. ↑ Water-supply Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1920. p. 75.
  3. ↑ "Dead Negro Draw". The Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "From Negro Creek to Wop Draw, place names offend". NBC News. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Stewart, George R. (1970). Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 71. p. 13. PRNC:32101081977066.


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