Located near the town of Freeport, Maine has its own desert, but instead of sand, it contains glacial silt. Lars Howlett captures how the Desert of Maine has become a tourist attraction.

October 1947 was the year of the great fire in Maine. Dottie O'Keefe speaks to residents in Maine about their experiences when sixty fires raged for a week.

A group of Salt students explore the main streets of Maine from an outsider's perspective, documenting the unfamiliar.

For nearly half a century, Ken Campbell has been caulking boats. Carl Young speaks to Campbell about getting into the trade and the work that goes into repairing a boat.

Inside back cover for the December 1990 Salt Magazine, with holiday greetings from Maine's financial community.

Michael Beckman highlights the work of Lifeflight of Maine, a critical care helicopter transport service. Beckman speaks to a pilot and crew members about their experiences helping critical care patients.

Short write ups on commuting in Maine, barbershop economics, and the expansion of Bath Iron Works.

Spending countless hours a week creating porcelain figures, Muriel Reimer can create figures of various sizes. Lorraine Kingsbury visited Reimer to learn the work and detail that goes into the hobby.

In the 1800's, it was tradition for individuals sailing around Cape Horn to receive a small gold earring. Robin McGahey documents how one of these gold earrings belonged to the grandfather of Edith and Ethel Furbish.

Table of Contents for Maine: A Peopled Landscape.

Coming to Maine as refugees, two Cambodian families experience contrasts from their old lives and new ones in a land with plenty. Marianne Ciampi highlights how these two families adapt to their new lives in Maine.

Lisa Rollins and Marc Labbe document the perceptions of Northern and Southern Maine, as seen by individuals who live on the opposite half.