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Carlsbad's history begins with the Luiseño people who located one of their villages, Palamai, near what is today Agua
Hedionda Lagoon. Modern-day Carlsbad came about when in the 1880s a former sea captain named John Frazier dug a well
for water. He began offering his water at the train station and soon the whistlestop became known as Frazier's Station.
A test done on a second fresh-water well found the water to be chemically similar to one of the most famous spas in
Europe located in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary), Czech Republic.
To take advantage of this find, a partnership named the Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Company was founded. It was
founded by a German-born merchant from the Midwest named Gerhard Schutte, Samuel Church Smith, D.D.Wadsworth and Henry
Nelson. The naming of the town followed soon-after along with a major marketing campaign to attract visitors. The area
experienced a period of growth, with homes and businesses appearing.
But by the end of 1887, the real estate bubble had burst and land prices slid all throughout San Diego County. The
community survived though, due to the agricultural opportunities available. The site of John Frazier's original well
can still be found at Alt Karlsbad, a replica of a German Hanseatic house, located on Carlsbad Boulevard.
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