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Salt covers the subject of wilderness living and primitive skills.

Back cover for the Salt Omnibus 2000.

In Portland, Tate and Tyng Streets hold a history of displacement, change, and decay. Amanda Holmes vists people in the neighborhood to discuss why they still cling to Tate and Tyng.

Table of contents for December 1990 Salt Magazine.

During the 1950's, a colony of Slavic immigrants came to Richmond, Maine. Gretchen Batz documents how the Slavic community integrated into the town.

In Augusta, people are able to study wilderness living at the Maine Primitive Skills School. Students speak about the importance of the school in their lives.

A small park located in Portland's West End, Longfellow Square sees a variety of individuals on the grounds. Diane Geiger speaks with park visitors to learn their stories.

Seen around Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sam Miller is known as the minstrel man. Ron Burr documents how Miller got into performing vaudeville and travelling around New England.

Just under 20 miles from the Canadian border, the town of Jackman, Maine is covered in snowmobile trails. Philip Mazzone discusses how important the snowmobile industry is for Jackman, assisting with the economy and logging industry.

A sailmaker for thirty-five years, there is not a sail that gets made in his shop that Nat Wilson has not had a hand in making. Amanda Witherell documents the craft and the work that Wilson does on his sails.

At one point during American history, rural populations were growing faster than urban populations. Rebecca Saunders explores how back-to-landers in Maine, or homesteaders, have evolved their lifestyles since the 1950s when people were coming to Maine to live on the land in large numbers.