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Emma Rowena Gatewood (née Caldwell; October 25, 1887 – June 4, 1973), [1] better known as Grandma Gatewood, was an American ultra-light hiking pioneer. After a difficult life as a farm wife, mother of eleven children, and survivor of domestic violence, she became famous as the first solo female thru-hiker of the 2,168-mile (3,489 km) Appalachian Trail (A.T.) in 1955 at the age of 67.
Appalachian Ohio is a bioregion and political ... 68th Governor of Ohio (2007–2011) Grandma Gatewood, first solo female thru-hiker of the Appalachian Trail and ...
Grandma Gatewood could still be a re-route.--Wuerzele 23:29, 11 March 2019 (UTC) I agree. Changing at least the intro from "better known" to "known", because how is that better? --Gerda Arendt 09:07, 27 March 2019 (UTC) When I hiked the AT in 1961, residents along the trail had some great Great Grandma Gatewood tales to share.
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The Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame was established by the museum in 2011. [13] ... The 2012 Class included Emma Rowena "Grandma" Gatewood, [17] David A. Richie, [18] ...
Early thru-hikers of the Appalachian Trail such as Grandma Gatewood, Gene Espy and Earl Shaffer began their journeys at Mount Oglethorpe. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In 1949, James E. Boyd conducted long-range line-of-sight experiments between the mountain and Georgia Tech to study the effects of weather on microwave propagation .
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