“Trail Magic” — A Festival Dedicated to the life of Emma Gatewood
produced by Eden Valley Enterprises and TrueNorth Cultural Arts at the French Creek Nature & Arts Center 4530 Colorado Ave. Sheffield Village, OH 44054 Emma Gatewood was the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955. Come join us for this celebration of her life! Auditions “Trail Magic” a new play by Kelly…
Read MoreJoin us for some “Trail Magic with Grandma Gatewood” this August at TrueNorth Cultural Arts.
A full weekend of events will be devoted to Emma Gatewood this August! See the complete schedule in our current newsletter at: http://edenvalleyenterprises.org/news042013/cover.htm This just in today: Kelly Boyer Sagert will be joined by T.M. Gottle for the Poetry Workshop during that weekend. As you may know, Emma was a prolific writer and loved to…
Read MoreMy Mom, the Hiker- by Nelson Gatewood
Here is a poem written by a young Nelson Gatewood in 1969 about his spritely mom, Emma The Appalachian Trail is mighty long From one end to the other. The very thought of hiking it- To this I say, “O Brother”!” But Grandma Gatewood started out and crossed each hill and glen. She…
Read MoreGallia Hometown Herald
Yesterday (March 6th) our documentary project about Emma got this wonderful headline: Puffin Foundation and Ohio History Fund awards grants for Emma Gatewood documentary! Here’s what they had to say: Photo courtesy of Eden Valley Enterprises Andy Verhoff, Local History Coordinator for the Ohio Historical Society, congratulates EVE’s artistic Director, Bette Lou Higgins, on the…
Read MoreELEVEN ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE FIRST-EVER HISTORY FUND GRANTS
Your Tax Refund Can Make History. That’s the message that prompted 17,391 Ohioans to contribute a portion of their 2011 state income tax refund to the Ohio Historical Society last year, making $114,000 available for a new competitive matching grants program that helps fund projects by local historical societies and related organizations throughout the state. During…
Read MorePuffin Foundation Grant for Gatewood Project
I’m happy to announce that the Puffin Foundation has awarded us a grant for our Grandma Gatewood Project. You can find out more at: http://edenvalleyenterprises.org/progdesc/gatewood/mcpuffin.htmBette Lou Higgins Artistic Director Eden Valley Enterprises.org www.edenvalleyenterprises.org
Read More“Trail Magic” short background video from Peter Huston
This short video will help’s explain our projects goals and why we are so amazed by Emma Gatewood’s story [youtube=http://youtu.be/47H699m4jNk]
Read MoreEVE & TrueNorth Cultural Arts present a weekend of Trail Magic with Grandma Gatewood
Eden Valley and TrueNorth are planning a special weekend of festivities from Thursday, August 22 through Sunday, August 25, 2013 to introduce you to a remarkable Ohioan: Emma Gatewood. Many people know that “Grandma” Gatewood was the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail (AT) in 1955. However, most people don’t know that she…
Read MoreGallia Hometown Herald Grandma Gatewood News story!
Hi, Everyone! Here’s another article that recently came out: https://galliahometownherald.com/Grandma_Emma_Caldwell_Gatew.html Bette Lou got a great turnout at the North Ridgeville Library yesterday — about 60 people! We announced the TrueNorth project and everyone was excited (if you didn’t hear about the TrueNorth project yet, check for it at: http://edenvalleyenterprises.org/progdesc/gatewood/gtwdinf.htm — a posting will be going…
Read MoreLessons Yogi Bear Taught Us
Yogi: “Hey Boo Boo, I see a pic-a-nic basket.” Boo Boo: “Yogi the park ranger does not want us bothering the humans” Yogi: “We’re not bothering them, we’re entertaining them”. On our trip to Mt. Katahdin last fall we had a chance to meet up with Bruce Grant, from MATC. In the course of our…
Read More