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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.
On August 23, 1886, Gatewood led 25 men and two Apache scouts into the Sierra Madre and found Geronimo's camp: his band reduced to 20 men and 14 women and children. [10] On August 24 Gatewood approached Geronimo's camp with only 2 soldiers: George Medhurst Wratten, who was fluent in all Apache dialects and one other; 2 interpreters: Tom Horn ...
When Grandma Gatewood Took a Hike. (2016, Ohio University Press), biography of extreme hiker Emma Rowena Gatewood. Chosen as a School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2016. [3] [4] Kammie on First (2014, Ohio University Press), a biography of Dottie Kamenshek. [5] [6] [7] Winterfrost (2014, Candlewick Press) Silent Swoop (2019, Dawn ...
In early 2009 in Bartlesville, officials ended up taking two Gatewood children — a newborn boy and 19-month-old girl — after finding that the girl was unable to walk and talk.
Grandma and Her Toddler Granddaughter Face Cancer at the Same Time: 'The Most Surreal Thing' Nicholas Rice. November 17, 2024 at 5:00 AM. ... Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.
In 2011, Gatewood graciously welcomed VERANDA into his beloved Americus, Georgia cottage which he saved from destruction. While it doesn’t look it now, this splendid, mid-19th-century gothic ...
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. [19]
A year ago, she went on vacation to Australia with her 10-month-old daughter, her husband, his mother, his brother and sister-in-law and their children, plus an aunt and uncle and cousins.