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*November 1873, a map was recorded at the Surveyor Generals Office in Santa Fe NM called “Fractional Township No. 12 North Range No. 11 West of the New Mexico Principal Meridian.” <ref>Plat for NM230120N0110W0. General Land Office Records. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/</ref> This map clearly showed Bluewater Creek flowing through Bluewater valley and the "Agua Azul" Station located a little more than a mile north of present day town of Bluewater. Several buildings were shown there at the confluence of three stagecoach roads - from Ft. Wingate, from Santa Fe, and from Albuquerque. | *November 1873, a map was recorded at the Surveyor Generals Office in Santa Fe NM called “Fractional Township No. 12 North Range No. 11 West of the New Mexico Principal Meridian.” <ref>Plat for NM230120N0110W0. General Land Office Records. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/</ref> This map clearly showed Bluewater Creek flowing through Bluewater valley and the "Agua Azul" Station located a little more than a mile north of present day town of Bluewater. Several buildings were shown there at the confluence of three stagecoach roads - from Ft. Wingate, from Santa Fe, and from Albuquerque. | ||
*About 1880, a [http://www.loc.gov/resource/g4051p.rr003210/ railroad map] was made showing the stagecoach routes of the area. <ref>A geographically correct county map of the states traversed by the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Railroad and its Connects, 1880. Library of Congress,Railroad Maps, 1828 - 1900. http://www.loc.gov/item/98688578</ref> Notice the name of the Station is " | *About 1880, a [http://www.loc.gov/resource/g4051p.rr003210/ railroad map] was made showing the stagecoach routes of the area. <ref>A geographically correct county map of the states traversed by the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Railroad and its Connects, 1880. Library of Congress,Railroad Maps, 1828 - 1900. http://www.loc.gov/item/98688578</ref> Notice the name of the Station is still "Agua Azul" the old Spanish name for the area. | ||
*About 1882, a [http://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701p.rr000600/ railroad map] was made showing the train routes through the area. <ref>Colton’s Intermediate Railroad Map of the United States, 1882. Library of Congress, Railroad Maps, 1828 - 1900. http://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000840</ref> Notice that the name of the Station was Bluewater (one word) | *About 1882, a [http://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701p.rr000600/ railroad map] was made showing the train routes through the area. <ref>Colton’s Intermediate Railroad Map of the United States, 1882. Library of Congress, Railroad Maps, 1828 - 1900. http://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000840</ref> Notice that the name of the Station was Blue Water the Anglicized version of the older Spanish name. Later this would become Bluewater (one word) which has continued to the present day. | ||
*Mar 1911, Ernst A. Tietjen and his wife Emma O. Tietjen sold lots 1 & 4 in block B in the new town of Bluewater to F.G. Nielson for $30. <ref>Deed Records, Book B1, page 609. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> Along with this deed was a map of the original townsite. | *Mar 1911, Ernst A. Tietjen and his wife Emma O. Tietjen sold lots 1 & 4 in block B in the new town of Bluewater to F.G. Nielson for $30. <ref>Deed Records, Book B1, page 609. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> Along with this deed was a map of the original townsite. | ||
*August 1914, Ernst A. Tietjen and his wife Emma O.Tietjen sold the lot containing the first Bluewater schoolhouse, lot 1 of block F, to School District #16 of Valencia County. <ref>Deed Records, Book B3, page 149. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> The deed for this land also included a map showing the townsite. | *August 1914, Ernst A. Tietjen and his wife Emma O.Tietjen sold the lot containing the first Bluewater schoolhouse, lot 1 of block F, to School District #16 of Valencia County. <ref>Deed Records, Book B3, page 149. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> The deed for this land also included a map showing the townsite. | ||