One of the world's most forward thinking business minds and a creative force behind modern notions of beauty, Elizabeth Arden's Blue Grass dreams became lush Elysian Fields.

Elizabeth Arden was one of the world's greatest and most inventive fabrications. Born of Florence Nightingale Graham's imagination and savvy, Elizabeth's name was inspired by two books - but the tales of Elizabeth and Her German Garden and Enoch Arden bely the richness of the tenant farmer's daughter's personal story. Florence Nightingale Graham reaped the glorious dividends of one filly's gallop through blue grass fields. She became Elizabeth Arden and the envy of all who share Flo's childhood dream - "I want to be the richest little woman in the world!"

William Graham was an excellent horseman. Still the well-to-do Tadd's did not consider the Scotsman an advantageous match for their daughter Susan. After the couple eloped to Canada, William, now a tenant farmer, began to bring horses home with only lineage to recommend them. His young wife fell pregnant with the same regularity. Christine, Lillian and William were already working to feed the finely bred horses before Florence was born "with a whinney in [her] ear", and then, Gladys.

After Gladys' birth, tuberculosis sent their mother into a rapid decline. 'Chris' and 'Lollie' took over the running of the house, Willie helped with the farm chores and six year old horse-loving Flo became an accomplished stablehand - feeding, watering and exercising the horses.