SALT, Vol. 2, No. 1

Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

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Contents

• 2 The Forks Logging country in northern Maine provides new stories for SALT.
• 4 River Driving Bert Morris and Russell Kennedy tell about driving logs from Moosehead Lake down the Kennebec River to market.
• 14 Bear Trapping In his 70 years, Russell Kennedy has trapped “about 250” bears and he describes how it’s done.
• 24 Old Bottles “There’s history in old bottles,” says Ted Towne of Kennebunk. He proves it to us.
• 30 Everybody’s Friend Willis Gowen has dispensed friendship and pills in his pharmacy for 53 years.
• 37 Legend of the Saco River Marion Banks is a descendant of the Indian chief Squando, who put a curse on the Saco River in Maine.
• 38 Flintlocks Monty Washburn of Kittery Point shows us how to make flintlock guns step by step, from barrel to stock.
• 52 Arthur’s Wooden World Arthur Fretwell of Lower Village, Kennebunk, has constructed a wooden world of churches, lighthouse, boats, trains and wagons.
• 58 Gooch’s Beach The strong man of Gooch’s Beach back in 1702 was Stephen Harding, a blacksmith who kept the Indians at bay. Present day Gooches tell about him.