Eden Valley Website Update

Technology is fickle from time to time. Unfortunately, the Eden Valley website is temporarily out of service. You can get Eden Valley Enterprises (EVE) schedule of events and general information at https://sites.google.com/site/edenvalleyenterprises/ until the technical difficulties are solved. Thank you for your patience. Thank you, Bette Lou Higgins

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Join us in May

Grandma Gatewood:  Ohio’s Legendary Hiker Hear the remarkable story of Emma Gatewood at the Rocky River Historical Society meeting on May 8 at 7:00 PM at the Rocky River Senior Center; 21012 Hilliard Boulevard; Rocky River, Ohio. Grandma Gatewood was the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955! Great Lakes Stories Tuesdays, May 13, 20 & 27, 2014; 2p.m.: come…

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Women Making Moves- Four weeks of “HerStory”

The First of several events cohosted by Women Making Moves and EVE, Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Lorain County Community College: Alisa Riccardi will portray Cleveland photographer, Margaret Bourke-White – famous WWII photo-journalist and the first accredited female war correspondent. After the event meet the producers of the Emma Gatewood story “Trail Magic” documentary film. Come celebrate Women’s…

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We’re the lead story in the Ohio Historical Society’s Newsletter January issue

Your Tax Return Can Make History GRANDMA GATEWOOD GETS HER FILM WITH HELP FROM  OHIO’S HISTORY FUND In 1955, 67-year-old Emma “Grandma” Gatewood hiked the 2,168-mile Appalachian Trail — the first woman ever to hike the entire trail solo. A native of Gallipolis, Ohio, Gatewood had lived through the Depression and raised 11 children in an abusive…

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2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,000 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 50 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…

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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…

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Happy Birthday Emma!

HAPPY 126th BIRTHDAY, GRANDMA GATEWOOD! October 25th was Grandma Gatewood’s 126th Birthday! In honor of Emma’s 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:OHIO’S LEGENDARY HIKER! (If you’ve already purchased a copy…

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Welcome to Grandma Gatewood’s Bakeless Bake Sale

Like any other bake sale, this one is to raise some “dough” to meet our challenge grant from the Ohio History Fund Grant! We need funds to create a PBS Documentary about Grandma Emma Gatewood — the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail at the age of 67! Unlike other bake sales, this…

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