
Widow Kate Bradley and her three daughters - Bobbie Jo, Billie Jo and Bettie Jo - run the Shady Rest Hotel, a small-town inn where city folks come to enjoy the quiet. Nothing much happens around Hooterville, so it's up to the girls to come up with their own schemes for fun.

Railroad executive Homer Bedloe tries once again to get rid of the Hooterville Cannonball, this time by getting Floyd and Charley to quit by harassment.

Kate is surprised at her old school teacher's new personality.

Betty Jo becomes the first female contestant in the horseshoe tournament.

Kate decides it is time for Betty Jo to put down the books and set out to find a significant other.