The February 1975 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on river driving, hunting, and a local pharmacy in Kennebunk.

The November 1984 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on a local store in Lubec, the Shaker community, and weaving.

The October 1986 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on a truck stop in Bangor and a local smokehouse in Lubec.

Heading down to the wharf at three o'clock in the morning, Herbert Baum is ready to learn about lobstering from his father and Dave Burnham. Baum documents the work that lobsterman do on their boats and how they got into the business.

In Kennebunk, Willis Gowen runs a local drug store. Tim Good and Anne Harrison document the work Gowen has done for his community for over 53 years at his pharmacy.

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.

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A lobsterman for over 40 years, Stilly Griffin hauls traps from his boat, the Lorraine E. Herbert Baum III and Kristy Bunnell capture Griffin's story of working as a lobsterman.

Since he was young, Reid Chapman has enjoyed the outdoors and farming. Ernest Eaton and others document the story of Chapman, an 80 year old man who farms in West Kennebunk.

Pamela Wood introduces readers to the fourth issue of the Salt Magazine from November 1974.

Following a tradition of farm work before mechanized farming, Clifford and Belle Jackson continue to farm the old way. Kim Lovejoy documents the activities that the Jackson's perform on their farm to retain old farming habits.

Years before bulldozers and water companies, individuals would perform the act of dowsing in order to find water underground. Linda Rivard and others speak to dowsers to learn about their craft and the other things dowsers can read.