[1] Born in Andover, Massachusetts, Alice French was five when her family moved to Davenport, Iowa in 1855.
French, along with her widowed friend Jane Allen Crawford, spent their winters at Clover Bend Plantation in Lawrence County, Arkansas from 1883 to 1909.
French expanded on the regionalist themes she started in Iowa with stories about the people in the Clover Bend area.
French's study was on the top floor of the house, where she had a commanding view of the river.
French also created a woodworking shop, where she built shelves and simple furniture, and a darkroom, where she developed and printed her own photographs.