Pioneer Stories

In the 1840s in French Lick, a man lived who wanted it all: power, fame, money and women. He built a world-class hotel, was a famous physician, opened a successful apothecary and married a beautiful Southern belle. While William Bowles was busy satisfying his every desire, pioneers like Albert Qualkenbush and Liza Stanfield carved out farms from the wilderness, settling into their lives on their farms and coming together as one family.