The December 1978 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on factory workers, island life, and forestry.

The June 1980 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on clam digging, fishing, and life as a travelling performer.

Living in Kennebunkport most of his life, Albert Hutchins is a Maine lobsterman. Carl Young Jr. visits Hutchins to learn how to knit a lobster trap head.

For most of his 74 years in Kennebunk, Bert Graves has been a smelt fisher. Roxanne Maling and Wendy Vail explore how the smelting fishing technique works by talking to Graves and Harvey Bixby.

Speaking with Bob Bartlett about old roads, Lyman Page documents how people used to get stuck in mud holes on the main street in Kennebunk.

As a fisherman who sailed off of sailing vessels in the early 1900's, Kenneth Hutchins has many stories about the old days of fishing. Fran Ober speaks to Hutchins about his experiences sailing in the early 1900's.

Readers write in response to the work Salt has done.

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

Table of contents for November 1974 Salt Magazine.

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.

Crafting a lobster trap requires precision, as demonstrated by Stilly Griffin. Elizabeth Tanner speaks to Griffin about the proper way to make lobster traps.

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.