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French Lick Indiana Resort French
Lick Springs Resort & Spa French Lick, named for an early French outpost in the area and nearby salt lick, flourished in the mid-19th century after Dr. William A. Bowles built the first French Lick Springs Hotel. Visitors came for the rich mineral springs and to try the hotel’s famed Pluto Waters, which Dr. Bowles bottled and sold around the country. After the hotel burned down in 1897, the French Lick Springs Resort was built on the ruins in 1902. The resort grew in size and reputation in the early decades of the 20th century under owner Thomas Taggart, mayor of Indianapolis. Celebrities frequented the resort--even Al Capone was a regular visitor--and in 1931, during a governors’ conference, Franklin Roosevelt locked up the Democratic nomination for president in the hotel’s Grand Colonnade Ballroom. Surrounded by lush gardens and landscaping, the six-story hotel, with its sprawling sitting veranda, features traditional, elegant furnishings and guests can still sample the “magical waters” of the mineral springs. (French Lick Springs Resort & Spa is a registered Historic Hotel) Click here to check availability for this historic resort |
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