Charles Reitze documents the history of the Davis Family. Reitze explores how the family attempts to be self-sufficient and as independent as American society allows.

Monty Washburn shares a story from his father, a former river driver, about a cook whose food was so bad that the camp cat would not even eat it.

Back cover for the September 1994 Salt Magazine

Within the Salt building at the mouth of the Kennebec River, a variety of youth training programs are held. Sheryl Lane highlights the work that the Salt Coast Youth Program does with boat building, farming, and media arts.

Having worked on their orchard for over thirty years, Steven and Marilyn Meyerhans contemplate what to do with their business. Julia Davis highlights the work that the Meyerhans have put into their business and how age is catching up to them.

From his workshop in Caratunk, Walter York creates snowshoes. Anne Gorham covers the steps of making and filling the bows for snowshoes.

Introduction to articles in this issue of Salt Magazine.

As a sociologist, Peter Rose sees tourism as having a caste system. Rose explains how he views colonists as brahmins and bus tourers near the bottom of the system.

At the invitation of Down East Magazine, Salt documented Christmas memories from an older generation.

Karen Gelardi and others explore how the islands off Cape Porpoise have retained their gemlike beauty.

While Salt students were visiting Monty Washburn to learn about fiddleheads, Washburn also covered the topic of whistle making. Mark DeTeso documents the whistle making process as explained by Washburn.

Back cover for the December 1993 Salt Magazine