He accepted the offer thinking it will be a new start for him. Gowen was offered by Eleanor Roberts to run a competing saw mill. He made a deal with the hope of a lighter sentence. His return as mayor was short-lived until he was rearrested again. Throughout the season, Gowen schemes to reinstate himself as mayor and was successful. He attempts to make himself useful by offering his services to to those who might need him. Gowen is unable to serve as mayor due to ongoing investigations against him. He is nice to Dottie Ramsey as he appoints her to be his secretary. Gowen is still abusing his power as mayor by raising rent on settlers at the settlement area. It is unclear as Nora left town to settle her stuff before promising Gowen she’d return. They try to start a relationship after Nora’s divorce with Bill Avery. He was apparently in love with Nora Avery.
They bet on poker and Rosemary helped him win.
He tries to make things difficult for Lee Coulter by abusing his power. Gowen appears to be romantically interested in Abigail but she makes it abundantly clear that she is not interested in him. Gowen agrees to let her reopen the cafe if she moves out of her row house and split the cafe’s profits with him 50/50. Abigail reopens the miners' cafe and renames it Abigail’s Cafe.
#When calls the heart pro professional
Midway through the first season, Gowen begins a professional relationship with Abigail Stanton. With the help of other townswomen and the children (who make sandwiches), the widows managed to clear the shaft within the 14 days timeline set by Gowen to keep their homes. However, it did not stop the widows from keeping their homes. When Elizabeth finds a way to stop this eviction by having the widows paint their homes and buys all the painting supplies from the mercantile, Gowen rides into town and claims the mercantile owner, Ned, has forgotten that all of his paint supplies were already spoken for by the mining company - which is a lie. Abigail convinces the widows to work in the mines and convinces Gowen to allow them to do so in exchange for residence. Four months after the deaths of the 46 coal miners Gowen attempts to evict the widows from their row houses. Gowen continues to make shady and self-serving business decisions throughout the first season. Gowen is a rather shady character who is quite unlikable. As a mining town, the majority of the jobs in Coal Valley are provided by the mine. Henry Gowen is the main antagonist in the first season of When Calls the Heart.
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