WSP04972

• File Number: 8509
• Description: San Luis Valley
• State: CO
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 9/26/1974
• Title: Garcia Water Problems
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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the Gostilla, Gulebra and Trinchera rivers, including the Rita of

the Indians, and the S~re De Gristo to its junction with the

Rio Grande Del Norte~ which tract of- land is described by metes

and,bounds as follows: Beginning at a point on the east bank of

the Rio Grande Del Norte onB Spanish le~ue below the confluence

of the Gostilla River; thence northerly along the east bank of said

river to a point one Spanish le~ue above the confluence of the

Trinchera River; thence northeast to the summit of the mountains

which divide the waters flo1'liqg to the east and to the west; thence

southerly along the sUJrunit of said mountains to a point opposite

the place of beginniqg; thence west to the place of beginning;

situate in the County of Taos and Department of New Mexico and

known and called the S~re de Gristo Grant.

And your orator further shows that on or about~ to wit. the

30th. day of December, A. D. 1843, the said Governor granted said

petition. and that thereafter and in accordance with the directions

of the said Governor the said petitioners were on or about~ to wit.

the 12th. day of January, A. D. 1844, placed in juridical possess-

ion of said above described premises. and that all the aforesaid

proceedirgs were duly had and taken in accordance with the laws.

usages and customs of the Republ ic of Mexico then in force. by

which said proceedi~s the said Louis Lee and Narciso Beaubien

became vested with all the property rights of every kind and

nature whatsoever of the Government of Mexico in and to said

tract of Ian::!.

And your orator further shows that by the Treaty of Guadalupe

Hidaigo, ratified by the Senate of the United States on or about

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