Dorothy May Mackintosh, nee McFarlane (b. 1885)
Dorothy McFarlane was born in Wisconsin, the middle of three daughters. She attended Columbia University and received three degrees including a PhD in nutrition. She taught in several places including the Texas Tech University. She married George Mackintosh and came to the Yukon at age fifty. George went ahead and Dorothy joined him from California in 1935. George had purchased the Bear Creek Roadhouse but the land was not titled.1)
Dorothy and George Mackintosh staked 160 acres at Bear Creek in the spring of 1936. Mackintosh expected the United States government would put a road through to Alaska by Aishihik or Bear Creek and the property would be valuable. They spent four years clearing land and building fences. George MacIntosh died in 1939 and Dorothy continued to run the trading post.2) She had a lonely existence before the Alaska Highway was built. She was alone at the post when the First Nation families were out on their trap line. The Alaska Highway pioneer road was built past her lodge in 1942. And suddenly there were hundreds of army and civilian visitors. She was busy at all hours making tea and cooking meals.3)
Dorothy started building her house in 1943. She moved in and put up her sign in the summer of 1945.4) McIntosh bought the Kloo Lake Trading Post from the estate of Frank Sketch for $3,000.5) She decided to visit the property in the winter of 1946 to see if anything was broken or stolen. While she was gone, the temperature dropped to -45 and there was no traffic or buses. Mrs. Mackintosh was stuck at Kloo Lake for months.6) MacIntosh sold the Bear Creek Lodge for cash in the spring of 1954.7)