I can't find a forum of historical things so maybe here. There's some local history in the Northern Minnesota Boundry Waters Canoe Area. There was a lady that helped run a camp on an island up there. She stayed all year. When the government landsharks declared they were going to close it off to humans they made everyone sell their land, or live there until you die, and no one could inherit it. It is now only accessible by canoe permit. Dorothy Motler wanted to die there so she stayed. She supported herself by making root beer on the island for the canoers. My uncle used to cut ice for her in the winter on snowmobile. During the slow time the park service would fly by on Monday and she would answer the radio. Of course she didn't answer one day so they landed and found her passed away. The cabin was dismantled by volunteers and reconstructed in Ely.
Here is the radio she used.
www.rootbeerlady.com
They mention it here at 21:30
Here is the radio she used.
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Visit The Museum Brewed for the Dorothy Molter Museum, Dorothy's Isle of Pines Root Beer quenches the most parched of palates when served ice cold. Each summer, Dorothy home-brewed up to twelve thousand bottles made from Knife Lake
www.rootbeerlady.com
They mention it here at 21:30
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