Fritos is an American brand of corn chips that was created in 1932 by Charles Elmer Doolin and has been produced since 1961 by the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo . Fritos are made by deep-frying extruded whole cornmeal, unlike the similar tortilla chips , which are made from cornmeal and use the nixtamalization process (known as masa ). It is one of two brands representing Frito-Lay along with Lay's . The Fritos brand also appears on a line of cheese sauces and bean dip .
18-783: Frito means "fried" in Spanish. According to the Handbook of Texas , published by the Texas State Historical Association : The Frito Company was born in 1932 at the height of the Great Depression. The family of Charles Elmer (C. E.) Doolin (1903–1959) owned the Highland Park Confectionary in San Antonio, and Doolin, twenty-eight at the time, wanted to add a salty snack to their repertoire. He responded to an ad in
36-740: A sugar plantation called Peach Point. Guy Bryan attended the private school of Thomas Pilgrim in Columbia, Texas , joined the Texas Army in 1836, and took part in the Texas Revolution . In 1842 Bryan graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio . He studied law, but never practiced, instead becoming a sugar planter in Brazoria County . His college classmates included Rutherford B. Hayes , and Hayes visited Bryan at his plantation in 1848. Bryan served in
54-625: Is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas . It was founded in Austin, Texas , United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the TSHA moved its offices from Austin to the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas . In 2015, the offices were relocated again to the University of Texas at Austin . On February 13, 1897, ten persons convened to discuss
72-498: The San Antonio Express . The ad, placed by Gustavo Olguin, listed for sale an original recipe for fried corn chips along with an adapted potato ricer and nineteen retail accounts. Doolin bought the small business venture for $ 100, and began to manufacture the chips in his mother’s kitchen with the help of his father, Charles Bernard Doolin; mother, Daisy Dean Stephenson Doolin; and brother, Earl Doolin. These four founders made up
90-818: The Mexican–American War as a private in the Brazoria company commanded by Captain Samuel Ballowe. During the Civil War Bryan sided with the Confederacy , and served as volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff of Paul Octave Hébert , afterwards serving as assistant adjutant general of the Trans-Mississippi Department with the rank of major. He established a cotton bureau in Houston , Texas in order to escape
108-505: The Pepsi-Cola Company to become PepsiCo , one of the world's largest producers of soft drinks and snack foods. According to Smithsonian magazine, C. E. Doolin did not eat meat or salt and was a follower of fellow Texan Herbert M. Shelton , a naturopath who advocated raw foods and fasting as a cure for diseases. From 1952 to 1967, Frito Kid was the company's official mascot, designed by Keitz & Herndon . The Frito Bandito
126-831: The Texas State Cemetery . He was a delegate to the 1856 Democratic National Convention . Bryan was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858. He served as chairman of the Texas delegation to the 1860 Democratic National Convention in Baltimore . His mother was Emily Austin Perry and his father was James Bryan . His grandfather, Moses Austin , had initially obtained permission from Mexico to serve as an empresario to settle Texas. His grandmother
144-627: The TSHA: Guy M. Bryan Guy Morrison Bryan (January 12, 1821 – June 4, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Texas . Bryan was born in Herculaneum in the Missouri Territory on January 12, 1821. His family moved to the Mexican State of Texas in 1831, and settled near San Felipe . The extended Bryan family later settled in Brazoria County , and his parents operated
162-624: The Union blockade along the Gulf. After the war Bryan moved to Galveston (1872), Quintana (1890), and Austin (1898). He was again a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1873, 1879, and 1887 to 1891, and he served as Speaker in 1873. Bryan was elected president of the Texas Veterans Association in 1892 and served until his death in Austin, Texas , June 4, 1901. He was interred in
180-422: The charter meeting. One of the founders was John Henninger Reagan . This first formal meeting of the TSHA included men and several women who became charter members. At this first meeting, George P. Garrison advocated that archival material about Texas needed to be preserved. Officers were chosen during the meeting, and controversy over what John Salmon Ford called "lady members" caused Ford to storm out of
198-623: The company owned more than fifty production plants, including ones in Hawaii and Venezuela, as well as a number of "Frito farms" across Texas, where Doolin grew corn and other crops for use in his products. The Frito Company was one of the first to invest in Disneyland , and from the park's opening in 1955 had a Casa de Fritos Restaurant there. In 1961, the Frito Company merged with H. W. Lay and Company to become Frito-Lay . In 1965, Frito-Lay merged with
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#1732854790940216-458: The creation of a nonprofit to promote Texas state history. George Pierce Garrison , chair of the University of Texas history department, led the organizational meeting establishing the association on March 2, 1893. The TSHA elected Oran Milo Roberts as its first president. In addition to Roberts, TSHA charter members included Guy M. Bryan , Anna Pennybacker , Bride Neill Taylor , and Dudley G. Wooten . About twenty or thirty persons attended
234-588: The first board of directors, with Charles Bernard Doolin serving as the first chairman. The Doolin family began selling Fritos in 1932 under the name of the Frito Corporation, located first in their garage; they soon bought the house next door to expand their operation. In 1933–34, they opened plants in Dallas and Tulsa. In 1936, Fritos were displayed at the Texas Centennial Exposition and the exhibit
252-473: The meeting. Ford wanted to amend the TSHA constitution to replace "members" with "lady members" when the participants were women. Garrison opposed the change, and eventually Taylor spoke up and agreed that there was no need to change anything. Ford could not be placated and after yelling at Taylor, "Madam, your brass may get you into the association, but you will never have the right to get in under that section as it stands," his amendment to create "lady members"
270-542: Was held on June 17, 1897. Topics included "The Expulsion of the Cherokees From East Texas , "The Last Survivor of the Goliad Massacre ," "The Veramendt House," "Thomson's Clandestine Passage Around Nacogdoches ," and "Defunct Counties of Texas." There was also a group business meeting. By 1928, the TSHA had 500 members. The organization produces four educational publications: A list of presidents of
288-545: Was its mascot from 1967 until about 1971, and was discontinued due to complaints about the racist Bandito image. He was initially replaced by the Muncha Bunch, a group of cowboys, which then were replaced by W.C. Fritos, modeled after comedian W. C. Fields . A spiral-shaped variation of Fritos chips, currently only available in the United States. Handbook of Texas The Texas State Historical Association ( TSHA )
306-691: Was moved to the 'Castle of Foods' during the 1938 State Fair of Texas . By 1947, the company had plants in Los Angeles and Denver, and licensed franchises nationwide, including H. W. Lay and Company, which had an exclusive franchise to produce and sell Fritos in the Southeastern United States . As its business expanded, the Frito Company also produced other items, including Cheetos (1948), chili, bean dip, tortilla chips, and other Mexican-inspired treats, along with potato chips, roasted peanuts, fried pork skins, and other snack-food products. By 1955,
324-478: Was unanimously defeated by the others at the meeting. The other charter members viewed Ford's departure as detrimental, counting on his political influence to help support the group. The first president was Oran Milo Roberts, with Wooten, Bryan, Julia Lee Sinks , and Charles Corner elected as vice presidents. Membership dues were $ 2 a year in 1897. The TSHA held annual meetings in Austin. The first annual meeting
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