Press Releases from B. Mongeon Sculpture Design Studio (1 total)
Bringing Grandma Gatewood Back to Ohio And The Appalachian Trail
Fifty years after her death, Grandma Gatewood comes home to Gallipolis, Ohio, and back to the Appalachian Trail. Many know the story of Emma Rowena Gatewood. A 1949 National Geographic article about the Appalachian trail inspired her. In 1954, at 67, and after raising 11 children, Emma Rowena Gatewood left a dysfunctional home life and "went for a walk." She completed the Appalachian Trail in 146 days but also hiked…
