Posts Tagged ‘Gallia’
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…
Read MoreGallia 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…
Read MoreNext 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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