ELEVEN 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…

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Puffin 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

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Mind, Body and Spirit Interview

You can see producer Bette Lou Higgin’s interview about the Grandma Gatewood project with Karen Kawolics on Mind, Body & Spirit at: http://youtu.be/nzuPS93m2K8 If you prefer to just listen — the audio file can be found on our website at: http://edenvalleyenterprises.org/progdesc/gatewood/relatedinfo.htm Enjoy!

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Comfortable Shoes

On our trip up Mt Katahdin earlier this month we met “Last Out” on the trail at the end of the 100 mile wilderness. He was traveling with a group of scruffy trail worn friends that had endured a week of rain and a summer of extremes. “Last Out” told us that his goal was…

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The “Grandma Gatewood” E-book

Grandma Gatewood Book Now Available! GRANDMA GATEWOOD: OHIO’S LEGENDARY HIKER is now available in PDF format delivered right to your e-mail box or for your Kindle for only $5.99! Read about this fascinating woman’s hiking adventures on the Appalachian Trail and beyond. This e-book is one part of our Grandma Gatewood project which includes a…

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Grandma Gatewood “An Appalachian Tale” (a new trailer)

We just finished a new short promo for our Grandma Gatewood project. Please take a look, let us know what you think, pass it on to friends and anyone interested in Emma’s journey. As I mentioned in the previous blog entry, we are especially interested in partnering with organizations that would find Emma’s story helpful…

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Give the gift of legacy for Emma’s story

Today’s media is overwhelmed by “trending” stories,  so often they go by so fast that stories and accomplishments from the near past like Emma’s fall through the cracks. But her story resonates with me and also with so many when we get a chance to talk about her. She certainly fulfills the bill as trend…

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Bette Lou Higgins presents “Grandma Gatewood” live

Tomorrow marks the debut of the just completed narrative script c0-written by Bette Lou Higgins and Kelly Boyer Sagert as a one person live presentation. This third person script and show is based on the research and interviews we conducted with Lucy Seeds (Emma Gatewoods youngest daughter) and Marjorie Wood (Emma’s  grand daughter). The event…

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Looking under rocks, the Funding Trail is next

This summer we have been sharing many short clips on this blog of Marjorie Wood and Lucy Seeds as they talk about Emma’s life, struggles and accomplishments, ( you can view any or all of them by going to the “categories” selection widget). Now we are ready to start our production in earnst. We have…

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Next 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…

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