Dividing New Mexico Waters, 1700-1912 by John Baxter. Baxter gives a clear account of these water rights struggles. Center for Land Grant Studies, 1993. Tells of how the Tierra Amarilla grant was stolen from the pioneering families who first settled the land. Forward by Frank Waters.
New introduction contains the latest research on the grant.
Spanish and Mexican Land grants in New Mexico and Colorado by John R. and Christine M. Van Ness. Sunflower University, 1980. Articles about the Las Vegas, Embudo, Anton Chico, and Juan Bautista Valdez grants. Many illustrations, maps, document reproductions.