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Gallipolis, OH

Grandma Gatewood’s Long Walk

The oddest little roof on the Appalachian Trail may have been a plastic shower curtain, carried by a 67-year-old grandmother in sneakers who had decided she didn’t need much else.

3 min read

Akron, OH

The Akron Nun Who Found a Bed—and a Loophole

The chart did not shout. It whispered “acute gastritis,” a tidy little stomach trouble with just enough respectability to get a suffering man into a clean hospital bed. At St.

3 min read