Christmas Memories of Mama
Living on a large farm in snow country in Gallia County, Ohio, it was always a white Christmas. On the last day of school before the holiday vacation the teachers gave each student a pound bag of hard Xmas candy and sometimes an apple or orange. When we got home our older brother would have…
Read MoreGrandma Gatewood’s Bakeless Bake Sale
Belinda Bear invites you to join her for Grandma Gatewood’s Bakeless Bake Sale going on now! Thanksgving Special — purchase Belinda’s Pumpkin Pie for a donation of $25 or more and get a free copy of our DVD, “Grandma Gatewood: Ohio’s Legendary Hiker”! Help make a movie about Hiking Legend Emma Gatewood. Everyone wants to…
Read MoreHappy Birthday Emma!
HAPPY 126th BIRTHDAY, GRANDMA GATEWOOD! October 25th was Grandma Gatewood’s 126th Birthday! In honor of Emmas birthday, anyone who wants to help us make our movie by donating $10 or more today through Friday, November 1, 2013 will receive a free copy of our e-book, GRANDMA GATEWOOD:OHIOS LEGENDARY HIKER! (If youve already purchased a copy…
Read MoreAppalachian History-Documentary honoring AT hiker Emma Gatewood heads for production
We got another story out there in honor of Emma’s birthday! – Bette Lou Higgins Posted by Dave Tabler | October 25, 2013 Bette Lou Higgins Please welcome guest author Bette Lou Higgins. Higgins is a founder and current Artistic Director of Eden Valley Enterprises, where she helps spread the “Ohio Gospel” through an assortment…
Read MoreWe need your vote- “I am the Appalachian Trail”
Our 3 minute contest video was edited for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy “I am the Appalachian Trail” video contest. The ATC contest features many videos that share a personal view point about the hikers experience. We decided that we should enter Emma Gatewood, whose story has helped shape a generation of hikers trail experiences. We…
Read MoreLake County Historical Society Location Shoot with Anne McEvoy
We had a great day shooting scenes for “Trail Magic” Sunday and Bette Lou Higgins posted a PDF of our work at http://edenvalleyenterprises.org/progdesc/gatewood/images/gatewoodfilming.pdf so you can download it. You can access it through our website with the link on page http://edenvalleyenterprises.org/progdesc/gatewood/gtwdinf.htm if you want to let other people know about it. (Speaking of which —…
Read More“I am the Appalachian Trail”
DON’T FORGET TO VOTE… “I am the Applachain Trail” Video Contest Grandma Gatewood entry! https://apps.facebook.com/easypromos-premium/entries/16348 We have entered the “I Am The Appalachian Trail” video contest on Facebook with a trailer for our upcoming PBS Documentary about Legendary Hiker Emma Gatewood. You can help us win by voting between September 16 and November 8, 2013.…
Read MoreGet Some “Trail Magic”- True North August 22-25
Got to see a rehearsal of “Trail Magic” last night at TrueNorth and I’m sooo excited! Anne McEvoy is bringing Emma Gatewood to life and Kathie Dice is helping to tell the story wonderfully. Rick Fortney is doing a wonderful job helping them to re-create Emma’s life. It will be a great show — I…
Read MoreДве женщины- Grandma Goes Global
It is amazing how Emma Gatewood inspires so many people. She ended up being featured in a blog from Russia by Sergey_Bp about a friend of his that is doing a long bike ride. Here is the link to that blog translated roughly into English by Google. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsergey-bp.livejournal.com%2F193440.html&act=url For those of you that read Russian,…
Read MoreElyrian raising funds to film a documentary about a woman who didn’t quit!
Steve Fogarty, Chronicle Telegram Online ELYRIA — When Grandma Emma Gatewood walked the entire 2,050 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 1955, she became the first woman to do so by herself. Emma Rowena Gatewood, better known as Grandma Gatewood, was the first woman to hike the Appalachian Trail. She did it in 1955…
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