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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 "Blue Water", the Anglicized version of the older Spanish Agua Azul. | *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 "Blue Water", the Anglicized version of the older Spanish Agua Azul. | ||
*About 1882, a 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) and this has continued to the present day. | *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) and this 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. | ||