DOROTHY MOLTER, THE ROOT BEER LADY Traditional Cache
eagleyes: Time to say goodbye to this fun cache. The container had worn to a point where it wasn't unique and the area pretty well tramped down. Hopefully the new cache will be as fun as the old one was.
DOROTHY MOLTER, THE ROOT BEER LADY
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PERMISSION BY MUSEUM DIRECTOR
Located in Ely,Minnesota EAST of the CHAMBER of COMMERCE Building, along Highway 169. The parking lot adjoins the city cemetery which has a NO DOGS policy- please do not allow your dogs to go into the cemetery. Unless new, the staff is aware of the cache. Location, snow depth,& parking makes this cache inaccessible in winter.BYOP
IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ENTER THE MUSEUM TO LOG THE CACHE
The cache is a small plastic jar containing a log book and pencils. There is room for small travel bugs. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE FOOD OR LIGHTERS IN THE CONTAINER
OPTIONAL:IF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL STORY TO TELL ABOUT DOROTHY, FEEL FREE TO WRITE ABOUT IT IN THE LOG OR ON THE CACHE PAGE. WE WOULD LOVE TO READ IT .
I WILL DELETE ANY LOGS THAT CONTAIN SPOLIERS(DETAILS OR PICTURES) INDICATING EXACTLY WHERE THE CONTAINER IS LOCATED>
THE ROOT BEER LADY
Dorothy Molter was the last permanent resident in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), a roadless area on the USA-Canadian Border in Northern Minnesota. She lived alone on the Isle of Pines in Knife Lake, which was 18 miles and 6 portages from the closest road, for over 50 years until she died in 1986 at age 79.
Throughout the year people (as many as 7000 a year) would travel by paddle-canoe, skis or dogsled to visit this woman of the wilderness. Dorothy, a registered nurse, would administer first aid to those in need, as well as offer visitors homemade root beer, thus earning her the nickname “THE ROOT BEER LADY.”
In 1987, Dorothy’s family gave her cabins to the City of Ely. They were moved to this current location and a Dorothy Molter Museum was founded as a memorial to her.
The grove of trees in which the museum stands is the "Joseph Rozman Memorial Forest." Joseph was a legendary conservation warden. In 1950 he, with a group of Ely youth, planted this grove. He died in 1951 and that same year the grove was named for him. Also, in 1952 the fish rearing pond on Co. Rd 88 was named for him, see my OLD KOSCHAK FARM CACHE. Now archived.
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