The Sproul Ranch, a Texas Heritage Ranch, was established in Frazier Canyon on April 6, 1886 by Robert Stuart Sproul. The Sproul family traveled by wagon from Mountain Home, Texas in 1885, along with their herd of livestock and settled first near Twin Peaks Mountain just west of Alpine. There was a blizzard that winter and when Robert Stuart gathered his herd, they were in Frazier Canyon. He decided to stay and homestead there. He continued to build his herd and ranch, as he purchased land from the Railroad companies and the Texas School System until he had acquired some 13,000 acres of the beautiful, rugged Davis Mountain country.

The family lived in a one room log cabin for a time and then built the headquarters home around the turn of the century. Both buildings are still in existence. The headquarters house, The Ranch House, has been home to four generations of Sprouls and is now available to guests. The ranch, which has been a working cattle ranch for over 121 years, now belongs to the fourth, fifth and sixth generations of Robert Stuart Sproul's descendents.

Robert Stuart Sproul married Arabella Hiler and raised six children: Alice, Ruth, McCann Hiler, Lee, Mary and Roberta. Alice served as postmaster in Fort Davis from 1914-1922. The old Post Office, Mary's Post Office, is newly remodeled and available to guests. McCann Hiler became a famous bear and mountain lion hunter in the Davis Mountains and also built his own ranch, which is part of the present day ranch. Lee served as Jeff Davis County sheriff, until he was killed in a shoot out on the ranch by two young men who robbed the headquarters and stole Sproul horses and guns. Visit us for the rest of the story!