In 1934, J.C. Hunter offered 43,200 acres for $237,600; 35 years later, his ranch was sold for $1.5M

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In 1934, J.C. Hunter proposed a land donation to the government for national park purposes, though it did not proceed. Years later, in 1969, his son, J.C. Hunter Jr., facilitated the sale of a much larger land parcel to the government, constituting more than 90% of what would eventually become Guadalupe Mountains National Park.