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===History=== | ===History=== | ||
*In December 1905, Ernst A. Tietjen finished homesteading his land obtaining clear title to the northeast quarter of Section 22 in Township 12 west, Range 11 north. <ref>[ | *In December 1905, Ernst A. Tietjen finished homesteading his land obtaining clear title to the northeast quarter of Section 22 in Township 12 west, Range 11 north. <ref>[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx General Land Office Records] Serial Number NMNMAA 003173 Document number 3670.</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. | ||
*In February 1908, Thomas J. McNeill finished homesteading his land and obtained clear title.<ref>[ | *In February 1908, Thomas J. McNeill finished homesteading his land and obtained clear title.<ref>[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx General Land Office Records] Serial Number MV-0724-443, Document number 4314.</ref> This land was located to the south and to the west of the land owned by E.A. Tietjen. But now with a surveying problem, it was found that a small part of the Bluewater 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> | ||
*In August 1915, Thomas J. McNeill sold land to the School District #16. <ref>Deed Records, Book B3, page 246. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> He began to setup the "McNeill Addition to the Old Bluewater Townsite" and recorded a map of this addition in May 1919. The map clearly showed a new street connecting from the town to the County Road. The second Bluewater school house (above) was shown 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 Avenue was also extended from Pine Street to Main Street. | *In August 1915, Thomas J. McNeill sold land to the School District #16. <ref>Deed Records, Book B3, page 246. Valencia county NM Recorders Office.</ref> He began to setup the "McNeill Addition to the Old Bluewater Townsite" and recorded a map of this addition in May 1919. The map clearly showed a new street connecting from the town to the County Road. The second Bluewater school house (above) was shown 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 Avenue was also extended from Pine Street to Main Street. | ||
*In June 1919, Welcome O. Chapman finished homesteading his land and obtained clear title.<ref>[ | *In June 1919, Welcome O. Chapman finished homesteading his land and obtained clear title.<ref>[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx General Land Office Records] Serial Number 690794, Document number 690794.</ref> This land, "on Chapman's hill" is located to the south of the land 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 Elm, Mulber 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 Elm, Mulber 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. | ||
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===Maps=== | ===Maps=== | ||
*November 1873, a map was recorded at the Surveyor Generals Office in Santa Fe NM called [ | *November 1873, a map was recorded at the Surveyor Generals Office in Santa Fe NM called [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspxdetails/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> [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx General Land Office Records], [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspxdetails/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, General Maps, [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, General Maps, [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. | ||
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