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…

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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.…

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Emma and Reporters

Below is the first clip from our interview with Marjorie Wood. In this video she talks about Emma Gatewood’s encounters with reporters. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/24887468 w=480&h=270]

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What 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. …

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