Story of the Broken Sword:

        As the legend goes, the sword was broken in battle along a swift creek over the forbidden love between a lost explorer and a Chieftain's daughter of the native Quapaw tribe.  Years later, a caravan of Spanish explorers passed through this area when they came upon the same swift stream.  As they crossed the water, one of them stumbled upon the broken sword and cried "Spadra!" (espada is Spanish for sword), and so was named Spadra Creek, "Stream of the Broken Sword."

Today, the beautiful Spadra Creek still flows swiftly through the heart of Clarksville and is featured prominently along the race course.