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Cheers to Our Movie-Inspired Absinthe Cocktails

April 22, 2022
So cold the River book and cocktails
If you’re in the mood to sip on something different, shake it up with a couple movie-inspired cocktails during your next visit.
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Peter the Great: a Legendary Horse With a Legacy at French Lick

April 14, 2022
Peter the Great
Our history with horses runs deep here at the resort, from the famous double decker horse and bicycle track popular in the 1800s, to the Kentucky Derby theme that greets you today when you step inside 1875: The Steakhouse.
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Notes From the Past, Hiding in West Baden Springs Hotel Library

April 07, 2022
West Baden Springs Hotel Library
We get it — you won’t have time to read “Moby Dick” cover to cover or get through all of “The Sound and the Fury” during your stay here. Even so, you’ll want to make a point to stop inside the library at West Baden Springs Hotel for a peek at what’s hiding within these shelves.
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Hoosier Pride Has a Starring Role in "So Cold the River"

March 23, 2022
Hoosiers
Just two days away from the March 25 debut of So Cold the River! Our final blog of behind-the-scenes content covers the Hoosier hospitality that impressed the cast and crew during the shooting of the movie at West Baden Springs Hotel in January and February of 2020. As you'd expect, a lot of small-town pride went into the making of this movie.
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Behind the Scenes: So Cold the River Media Day

March 23, 2022
Behind the scenes of filming
It was lights, camera, action at West Baden Springs Hotel, to celebrate the theatrical release of the movie "So Cold the River."
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Coming with Kids? Don't Forget about the Activities Center

March 17, 2022
Kids painting
Psssssttt….don’t forget about the Activities Center.
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How the Movie Magic Came Together at West Baden

March 15, 2022
still of So Cold The River Movie
West Baden Springs, Indiana. It’s quaint, it’s peaceful, it’s charming. But it isn’t exactly Hollywood.
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First, hotel restoration. Now, a movie. It's how Cook Group rolls

March 04, 2022
filming of so cold the river
A medical device company involved in making of a movie? Yep, it’s just what Cook Group does.
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Take the Self-Guided Larry Bird Tour through French Lick

March 03, 2022
Larry Bird
It’s March in Indiana. So it feels like a dutiful obligation to our Hoosier roots to highlight some basketball-related content right about now.
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"So Cold the River" Stars on That First West Baden Moment

February 24, 2022
So Cold The River snapshot
Remember that feeling of stepping under the West Baden Springs Hotel dome for the first time? Even Hollywood was blown away by it.
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