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*In December 1905, Ernst A. Tietjen finished homesteading his land obtaining clear title to the northeast quarter of section 22, Township 12 west, Range 11 north. <ref>Serial Number NMNMAA 003173, Document number 3670. General Land Office Records. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/</ref> <ref>Deed Records, Book A19, page 147. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> He had laid out the town of Bluewater at what he thought was the southwest corner of his land. The town could have been laid out as early as seven years before. But now with the surveying problem, it was found that a small part of the townsite on the west side was actually on the land of Thomas J. McNeil. However the original layout of Bluewater was not changed, most likely through the cooperation of McNeil. | *In December 1905, Ernst A. Tietjen finished homesteading his land obtaining clear title to the northeast quarter of section 22, Township 12 west, Range 11 north. <ref>Serial Number NMNMAA 003173, Document number 3670. General Land Office Records. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/</ref> <ref>Deed Records, Book A19, page 147. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> He had laid out the town of Bluewater at what he thought was the southwest corner of his land. The town could have been laid out as early as seven years before. But now with the surveying problem, it was found that a small part of the townsite on the west side was actually on the land of Thomas J. McNeil. However the original layout of Bluewater was not changed, most likely through the cooperation of McNeil. | ||
*On 27 August 1910, “Ernst A. Tietjen and his wife Emma O. Tietjen” sold the first lot in the new town of Bluewater to E.H. Dewey for $15. <ref>Deed Records, Book A34, page 380. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> This was the beginning of the new town. For the next six years E.A. Tietjen promoted the town of Bluewater by the selling off of his land. The Bluewater townsite originally consisted of six blocks A thru F arranged as two blocks east and west by three blocks north and south. The first four blocks were divided into four lots and the last two blocks were divided into two lots because they were only half the size. Six streets were planned: the present day Oak, Center, & Spruce streets going east and west; along with the present day Fir, Cedar, & Pine streets going north and south. There was no planned street on the south going east and west. The above townsite in the records of Valencia county is called the Tietjen addition to the town of Bluewater. Only two maps show the original Bluewater townsite as it existed then, each included with a deed for land within the townsite. <ref>Deed Records, Book B1, page 610. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> <ref>Deed Records, Book B3, page 149. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> | *On 27 August 1910, “Ernst A. Tietjen and his wife Emma O. Tietjen” sold the first lot in the new town of Bluewater to E.H. Dewey for $15. <ref>Deed Records, Book A34, page 380. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> This was the beginning of the new town. For the next six years E.A. Tietjen promoted the town of Bluewater by the selling off of his land. The Bluewater townsite originally consisted of six blocks A thru F arranged as two blocks east and west by three blocks north and south. The first four blocks were divided into four lots and the last two blocks were divided into two lots because they were only half the size. Six streets were planned: the present day Oak, Center, & Spruce streets going east and west; along with the present day Fir, Cedar, & Pine streets going north and south. There was no planned street on the south going east and west. The above townsite in the records of Valencia county is called the Tietjen addition to the town of Bluewater. Only two maps show the original Bluewater townsite as it existed then, each included with a deed for land within the townsite. <ref>Deed Records, Book B1, page 610. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> <ref>Deed Records, Book B3, page 149. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> | ||
*About 1915, Thomas J. McNeill sold land to the School District #16. <ref>Deed Records, Book B3, page 180. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> This is where the second Bluewater school house was built. McNeill then began to setup the "McNeill Addition to the Old Bluewater Townsite" and recorded a map of this addition four years later. The map clearly showed a new street connecting from the town to the County Road with the new schoolhouse on the south side of this street in the middle of the block. <ref>County Records, Maps B 362. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> In the present day, this is Pinon Street connecting from Pine Street to Main Street. Probably it was about this time that Center Street was also extended from Pine Street to Main Street. | *About 1915, Thomas J. McNeill sold land to the School District #16. <ref>Deed Records, Book B3, page 180. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> This is where the second Bluewater school house was built. McNeill then began to setup the "McNeill Addition to the Old Bluewater Townsite" and recorded a map of this addition four years later. <ref>County Records, Maps B 362. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> The map clearly showed a new street connecting from the town to the County Road with the new schoolhouse on the south side of this street in the middle of the block. <ref>County Records, Maps B 362. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> In the present day, this is Pinon Street connecting from Pine Street to Main Street. Probably it was about this time that Center Street was also extended from Pine Street to Main Street. | ||
*In September 1957, a map was recorded for the “Rains Addition to the Village of Bluewater.” <ref>County Records, Maps B - 116. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> The map clearly showed the land around Elk and Maple Streets just south of Pinon Street. This new addition to Bluewater was located on land originally owned by T.J. McNeill. | *In September 1957, a map was recorded for the “Rains Addition to the Village of Bluewater.” <ref>County Records, Maps B - 116. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> The map clearly showed the land around Elk and Maple Streets just south of Pinon Street. This new addition to Bluewater was located on land originally owned by T.J. McNeill. | ||
*In November 1978, a map of “Longs addition to Bluewater village” <ref>County Records, Maps C - 11 - 163. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> was recorded. The map clearly showed the land around Willow Street just west of the present day Bluewater Elementary School. This new addition was located on land originally owned by E.A. Tietjen. | *In November 1978, a map of “Longs addition to Bluewater village” <ref>County Records, Maps C - 11 - 163. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> was recorded. The map clearly showed the land around Willow Street just west of the present day Bluewater Elementary School. This new addition was located on land originally owned by E.A. Tietjen. | ||