Before doctors found cures to certain ailments, people used old remedies as medicine. Laurie Smith investigates the kind of herbs that were used to cure sickness.

Called names when they were young, Lauretta Elie and Emily Kinney were picked on for not being able to read. Melissa Buxton profiles how Elie and Kinney live and deal with being illiterate.

For nearly 85 years, Bert Morris has been a river driver and logger. Fran Ober speaks to Morris about his experiences as a river driver.

Front cover for the April 1990 Salt Magazine.

Bios of the contributors to the May 1989 Salt Magazine.

Sailmakers by trade, Don and Clarence Hale create sails in their sailmaking shop in Sargentville. Anne Pierter documents the work that goes into creating the perfect sail.

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.

Bios of the contributors to the December 1997 Salt Magazine, with information on this issue.

Susannah Ross captures an image of Ruth Howarth relaxing at her home in South Berwick.

Listing of Salt production staff, contributors, and faculty.

Coming to Maine from Kansas, Lyman Rutledge is the author of several books on the history of the Isles of Shoals. Timm White documents how someone from Kansas became the biographer for a group of islands in New England.

Inside front cover for the November 1989 Salt Magazine, with advertisement for the Bangor Theological Seminary.