Buffalo Soldier Draw (formerly Dead Nigger Draw and Dead Negro Draw) is a valley in Garza and

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counties, Texas, in the

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. When wet, the valley contains a stream which runs until it reaches the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River. It was called "Dead Nigger Draw" until 1963, when the then

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mandated that the word "Nigger" in geographic names on federal maps and other products be changed to "Negro". Both names probably commemorate the

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. On April 9, 2020, the

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approved Garza County Judge Lee Norman's request to rename Dead Negro Draw to Buffalo Soldier Draw.

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