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History
in a Pecan Shell
Frijole was named after Frijole Peak, which has
since been renamed Hunter Peak.
First settlement occurred in 1876 when
the two Rader brothers built a house on the site.
In 1904 the Smith family
arrived and thereafter the site was also referred to as Smith's Ranch.
In the early 1930s busloads of returning visitors from Carlsbad Caverns
could mail their postcards from Frijole.
Frijole had one business and
ten people in 1936. The post office closed during WWII
and the Smiths left in 1945. Frijole was dropped from maps by the mid-fifties,
although the Frijole Ranch was still within the park's borders.
Rancher
J. C. Hunter made the former town his headquarters - and when much of Hunter's
land was turned into Guadalupe Mountains National Park - the old Rader
brothers' ranch house became a residence for park personnel.
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