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My 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…

EVE & 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…

Gallia 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…

Music from the Appalachian Trail

Ohio composer and storyteller, Rick Sowash, has composed “Four Places On The Appalachian Trail” – His book HEROES OF OHIO includes a story about Emma Gatewood! You can hear selections from his album on his website http://www.sowash.com/recordings/trail.html Check out his interview on WMRA by going to his website. Then look for the “WMRA Interview: Four…

Links to EVE information

Here is the link to the original story above with all the embedded pertinent links included: http://edenvalleyenterprises.org/progdesc/gatewood/galliacountywomensfund.htm If you’re in the Cleveland area on Sunday, January 20 at 3pm be sure to join us for our storytelling program about Grandma Gatewood at the North Ridgeville Library, 35700 Bainbridge Rd.; North Ridgeville, Ohio. This presentation is…

Gallia County Community Fund and Women’s Fund awards for Gatewood Documentary

We are pleased to announce that the Gallia County Charitable Foundation and the Women’s Fund of the Community Foundation of Lorain County have awarded grants in support of GRANDMA GATEWOOD: AN APPALACHIA TALE. Emma Gatewood, who lived in Gallipolis, Ohio, was the first woman to solo thru-hike the 2,180-mile Appalachian Trail (AT) in 1955 at…

CBC Magazine “In the green”

Nina Polien Light wrote a wonderful article in her most recent column “in the green” entitled ” ‘Grandma Gatewood’ documentary takes a hike down memory lane” in the April edition of CBC (Cleveland Business Connects) that gives a nice overview of the documentary and and storytelling project. More about the article can be found on…

Making Connections

Since the Kickstarter success (thanks again to all who helped) we have been looking at other key funding opportunities to allow us to produce the Emma Gatewood documentary. We have applied for funds from the Ohio Humanities Council, The Fledgling Fund and now we are looking at “Good Pitch”. “Good Pitch” is run by the…

KickStarter Thank You!

Today we completed our Kick Starter Campaign for $3500. We want to thank everyone that contributed or shared our project idea about Emma. We have a pending proposal in with the Ohio Humanities Council to provide matching funds for the documentary. We are hopeful they to will support our quest to tell this story. Stay…

Kickstarter Fundraiser

Hi, Over the past year Bette Lou Higgins of EVE and I have been researching the story of Emma “Grandma” Gatewood, the legendary Appalachian Trail hiker from Ohio. Emma raised 11 children, survived years of domestic abuse, then became the first woman to through hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955 at the age of 67.…