According to the story, in the 1700s, a young French girl named Adrienne (or, more specifically, Adrienne Dumont) disguised herself as a cabin boy named Jean in order to follow her beloved to the New World. Because of her small size, the other sailors nicknamed her “Petit Jean,” French for “Little John.” At some point after arriving in Arkansas, Petit Jean became ill and her identity was discovered. When it was clear she would not make it, she requested to be buried atop the mountain she had spent her last days, overlooking the Arkansas River. Her historic gravesite is less than one minute from our beautiful venue, overlooking the same river and fields Petit Jean fell in love with.