Buffalo Soldier Hill is a summit, a hill, in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, in the United States. With an elevation of 3,993 feet (1,217 m), Buffalo Soldier Hill is the 2511st highest summit in New Mexico.[1]

The summit was the scene of the Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877, from which it takes its name.[2] Old variant names were Nigger Hill, and Dead Negro Hill.[2] The current name of the hill was approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names around 2005.[3]

Dead Negro Draw in Texas was likely named in memory of the same event.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Buffalo Soldier Hill". Peakery.com. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Soldier Hill
  3. ↑ Linthicum, Leslie (November 1, 2005). "Hill With Racist Label Renamed in Honor of Buffalo Soldiers". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "From Negro Creek to Wop Draw, place names offend". NBC News. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

33°46′36″N 103°04′05″W / 33.77667°N 103.06806°W / 33.77667; -103.06806

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