Black and white photograph of Dorothy Molter as a toddler, Arnold, Pennsylvania, ca. 1909.

Dorothy Molter as a toddler

Dorothy Molter as a toddler, Arnold, Pennsylvania, ca. 1909.

Color image of Dorothy Molter at the door of her summer tent on Knife Lake, ca. 1985.

Dorothy Molter

Dorothy Molter at the door of her summer tent on Knife Lake, ca. 1985.

Molter, Dorothy (1907–1986)

Pennsylvania native Dorothy Molter spent over fifty years in Northern Minnesota, where she helped to run the Isle of Pines resort and provided nursing care for those in need. From the 1950s through the mid-1980s, she made batches of homemade root beer at her cabin on Knife Lake that drew thousands of tourists, anglers, and canoeists each summer and earned her the nickname “the Root Beer Lady.”

Black and white photograph of three girls in the Crookston Bread Club display baked goods and the recipes used to make them, 1920.

1920 Crookston Bread Club

Three girls in the Crookston Bread Club display baked goods and the recipes used to make them, 1920.

Color image of a memorial to Florence Klingensmith, 2017.

Memorial to Florence Klingensmith

A monument erected to Klingensmith’s memory in Oak Mound Cemetery (Oakport Township, Minnesota), April 2017. The monument was placed there by local 4-H groups in 2015. A replica of Klingensmith’s first plane, a monocoup named “Miss Fargo,” is at the top. Photograph by Kaci Johnson.

Black and white photograph of place wreckage from Florence Klingensmith’s fatal crash, 1933.

Florence Klingensmith’s 1933 crash

Wreckage of the Bee Gee Model Y Senior Sportster Klingensmith flew and crashed during the Phillip Tracy Race at the Chicago Air Races, 1933. The identification number on the plane, NR718Y, is just visible.

Black and white photograph of Florence Klingensmith’s Bee Gee airplane, 1933.

Florence Klingensmith’s Bee Gee airplane

Klingensmith’s Bee Gee Model Y Senior Sportster prior to the National Air Races in Chicago and her crash during the Phillip Tracy Trophy Race, 1933. The plane’s identification number, NR718Z, marks it as Klingensmith’s.

Black and white photograph of Klingensmith, second from left, at the National Air Races, at which she won the Amelia Earhart Trophy, 1932.

Florence Klingensmith at the 1932 National Air Races

Klingensmith, second from left, at the National Air Races, at which she won the Amelia Earhart Trophy, 1932.

Black and white photograph of Klingensmith, ca. 1930.

Florence Klingensmith

Klingensmith, ca. 1930.

Black and white photograph of Florence Klingensmith, ca. 1930.

Florence Klingensmith in a photography studio

Klingensmith poses in a photography studio, ca. 1930. She signed the print for her cousin Merle (Nelson) Arnold, with whom she grew up in the Oak Mound neighborhood of Oakport Township, Minnesota.

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