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*November 1873, a map was recorded at the Surveyor Generals Office in Santa Fe NM called [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/survey/default.aspx?dm_id=95633&sid=2mqczwxk.pib#surveyDetailsTabIndex=1 “Fractional Township No. 12 North Range No. 11 West of the New Mexico Principal Meridian.”] <ref> | *November 1873, a map was recorded at the Surveyor Generals Office in Santa Fe NM called [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/survey/default.aspx?dm_id=95633&sid=2mqczwxk.pib#surveyDetailsTabIndex=1 “Fractional Township No. 12 North Range No. 11 West of the New Mexico Principal Meridian.”] <ref> [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ General Land Office Records], [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/survey/default.aspx?dm_id=95633&sid=2mqczwxk.pib#surveyDetailsTabIndex=1 Plat for NM230120N0110W0].</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 the 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. | ||
*In 1879, a new map was made, called [http://www.loc.gov/item/2012586640/ "Territories of New Mexico & Arizona / prepared in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S.A."]<ref>Territories of New Mexico & Arizona / prepared in the Office of the Chief of Engineers U.S.A., 1879. Library of Congress, [http://www.loc.gov/item/2012586640/ Item 2012586640].</ref>It clearly showed Provencher’s Ranch at Agua Azul in New Mexico. | *In 1879, a new map was made, called [http://www.loc.gov/item/2012586640/ "Territories of New Mexico & Arizona / prepared in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S.A."]<ref>Territories of New Mexico & Arizona / prepared in the Office of the Chief of Engineers U.S.A., 1879. Library of Congress, [http://www.loc.gov/item/2012586640/ Item 2012586640].</ref>It clearly showed Provencher’s Ranch at Agua Azul in New Mexico. | ||
*About 1880, a [http://www.loc.gov/resource/g4051p.rr003210/ railroad map] was made showing the train routes through several western states and the stagecoach route through the Bluewater 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 Item 98688578]</ref> Notice the name of the Station is still "Agua Azul" the old Spanish name for the area. | *About 1880, a [http://www.loc.gov/resource/g4051p.rr003210/ railroad map] was made showing the train routes through several western states and the stagecoach route through the Bluewater 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 Item 98688578]</ref> Notice the name of the Station is still "Agua Azul" the old Spanish name for the area. | ||