Photos: The legacy of the 'Root Beer Lady'

One of Molter's two cabins
The point cabin near Knife Lake was one of the cabins at the Isle of Pines resort that Dorothy Molter operated and used until the time of her death in 1986. It was taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed at the site of the Dorothy Molter Museum in Ely, Minn.
Derek Montgomery for MPR

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