Dorothy Molter
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Dorothy Louise Molter, lived for 56 years on Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters area of northern Minnesota. She was known as "Knife Lake Dorothy" or as the "Root Beer Lady", as she made root beer and s
Dorothy Molter welcoming guests
Molter's west cabin c.1978
Campers visiting Dorothy Molter's home, photograph by James Keim
Molter's summer tent/cabin and pier c.1978
Root beer
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Root beer is a North American beverage traditionally made using the root bark of the sassafras tree Sassafras albidum or the sarsaparilla vine Smilax ornata as the primary flavor. It started out as a
Dorothy Molter
…years on Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters area of northern Minnesota. She was known as "Knife Lake Dorothy" or as the "Root Beer Lady", as she made root beer and sold it to thousands of passing canoeists in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), near Ely, Minnesota. Various factors combined to…
Freshly poured root beer in a glass mug
A Hires' root beer advertisement from 1894