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Salt, Vol. 4, No. 1, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies

Salt Magazine Archive

Contents
• 2 River Driving on the Kennebec Salt interviews 24 men and women of northwest Maine about river driving, the now outlawed act of driving logs through the mighty rivers of Maine to the mills where they are processed.
• 6 The Men The “rough, solid, individuals” that have worked on the river and in the woods.
• 9 Herding Logs How the logs are transported across lakes and down river.
• 19 Drivin’ a Stick-and Other Jobs Jobs on the river and tools of the trade.
• 21 Logging in Winter The same men who hurled cantdogs in the spring and summer were …