Recent arrivals from the Midwest, Gerhard Schutte and Samuel Church Smith, joined him in founding the new city of Frazier Station.

The founders built large homes (now known as the Twin Inns and the Magee House) and in addition to the hotel and spa near to the minerals wells.

[6] By 1887, the town had grown to the point where it got its own California Southern Railroad (later Santa Fe) depot, serving passengers between Los Angeles and San Diego.

[12] The mineral water made Carlsbad world famous for many years until the Great Depression, and because of lack of maintenance, the wells broke down.

In 1993, restoration of the well was begun by Ludvik Grigoras, a native of Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, the sister-city of Carlsbad.

Ludvik encouraged renowned Czech sculptor Vaclav Lokvenc to create a 13-foot bronze statue of Frazier which was shipped from Europe in 1994 and was erected at the historical site.

A spa can be found in the European-style building at Alt Karlsbad, a replica of a German Hanseatic house, located on Carlsbad Boulevard.

The location commemorated by a historical plaque that reads in part: In 1929...construction began on the Spanish-Revival style "California-Carlsbad Mineral Springs Hotel" on this site.

The front facade has been reconstructed by the California Lutheran Homes and Community Services as a replica of the original "California-Carlsbad Mineral Springs Hotel".

[15]The hotel/spa served such notables as Greta Garbo, Victor McLaglan, Leo Carrillo, and the Barrymore family, and their rooms were in great demand by the military during World War II.