Considering how many Minnesotans make a habit of going “up north” each summer, perhaps it’s no surprise that History Theatre ...

Apr. 29—Dorothy Molter (aka "The Root Beer Lady") lived alone in the Boundary Waters wilderness for more than 56 years, but was certainly not "the loneliest woman in America," as the Saturday Evening ...

Generations of canoeists paddling through the Boundary Waters stopped for a bottle of homemade root beer and a conversation ...

The Root Beer Lady tells the story of the indomitable Dorothy Molter, the last legalnon-indigenous resident of the Boundary Waters. The story reflects the beauty and hardships ofMolter’s solitary yet ...

Nearly 40 years after her death, the wilderness nurse known for serving homemade root beer to passing canoeists continues to ...

Dorothy Molter was born in Arnold, Pennsylvania in 1907 and moved with her family to Chicago in 1919. In 1930, when Dorothy was attending nursing school, her father invited her on a camping trip that ...

ELY, Minn. (WCCO) -- The Land of 10,000 Lakes has no shortage of legends, and deep in the north woods of St. Louis County, you'll find another one: Dorothy Molter. She was the last non-indigenous ...

There was an issue with the History Theatre play originally titled "The Loneliest Woman in America": Actor/writer Kim Schultz doesn't believe her character, Dorothy Molter, was lonely. She's in good ...

Nice timing, Department of the Interior. On Thursday, that branch of the federal government reinstituted a ban on mining in the watershed that fills the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Two days ...

Playwright and actor Kim Schultz portrays Dorothy Molter, as well as others, in her one woman show about the last legal, non-Indigenous resident of the Boundary Waters.

History Theatre will kick off the new year with the one-woman show, The Root Beer Lady. Written and performed by Kim Schultz and directed by Jess Yates (Based on original direction by Addie Gorlin-Han ...