Bette Lou Higgins Archives - Grandma Gatewood

Elyrian raising funds to film a documentary about a woman who didn’t quit!

Steve Fogarty, Chronicle Telegram Online ELYRIA — When Grandma Emma Gatewood walked the entire 2,050 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 1955, she became the first woman to do so by herself. Emma Rowena Gatewood, better known as Grandma Gatewood, was the first woman to hike the Appalachian Trail. She did it in 1955…

Gallia 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…