Who Was Mama?
Here’s the first in the series of clips on Emma Gatewood entitled Who Was Mama?. In this series we talk with her daughter Lucy Gatewood Seeds. Click play to learn a little about Emma Gatewood’s self-confidence and work ethic. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/24654573 w=480&h=270]
Read MoreWhat Emma’s life and home looked like
Two weeks ago writer/producer Bette Lou Higgins and I had the pleasure of meeting Emma Gatewood’s grand-daughter Marjorie Wood down in Gallipolis, on the Ohio River. Not only did Marjorie have an amazing archive of Emma things including the famous red beret, but many of her trail diaries, press clippings, original photos, even 8mm movies. …
Read MoreNext Stop Gallipolis
In a couple of weeks our project will be heading to southern Ohio and Gallipolis. We are in search of the back story, the setting, for Emma Gatewood’s life. Gallipolis is a farming community on the banks of the Ohio River. Not far from the farm were Emma lived are the hills and “hollers” that…
Read MoreEmma’s Importance to the trail
March 11, 2011 Peter Huston Producer/Director Film Affects Put-in-Bay, Ohio 43456 Dear Peter, On behalf of the Appalachian Trail Museum, I would like to endorse your project of producing a documentary on Grandma Gatewood. A pioneer long-distance hiker, Grandma Gatewood captured the imagination of the hiking community and touched many lives around the…
Read MoreHaving a great partner-WGTE
January 25, 2011 To Whom it May Concern: WGTE has reviewed Peter Huston’s proposal to produce an independent program on the subject of Emma Gatewood. The proposed idea would offer a glimpse into the world of Grandma Gatewood, Ohio’s Legendary Hiker, and her courageous and optimistic spirit. The show will explore how Gatewood was inspired…
Read MoreFinding Historical Footage
I am in search of footage of Emma “Grandma” Gatewood. She became part of our American folklore for being the very first person, and a woman of 67 years of age, to solo “through hike” in one season the 2168 miles of the Appalachian Trail from Mt. Oglethorpe Georgia, to Mt Katahdin, Maine in 1955.…
Read MoreEmma’s Story
Emma Gatewood set the standard for women, hikers and people from Appalachia. This is a wonderful story of courage that emerges from a quiet, albeit culturally different time when women were not often so likely to venture forth, or take on such amazing feats. Emma’s conquest of the Appalachian Trail in 1955 is a testament…
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