Volume One

The colored photos on the cover of the revised edition of Volume One bring that book full circle. The original 1997 edition, produced by Jim Halstead on his personal computer, had pictures in color. When that limited edition proved popular beyond expectations, the Jacksonport Historical Society reprinted it commercially in 2000, with black and white photos only.

The new release, co-edited by Rebecca Halstead and Eileen J. Roberts, is an expanded version. Most notably it features a number of additional pictures — not only ones from individual families but also scenes of historical and architectural interest: churches, schoolhouses, docks, sawmills, farms, stores, and a postcard from 1909 showing a horse-drawn vehicle in the foreground and a panoramic view of the town in the distance. Additional new items are Paula Virlee’s poem “Grandma’s Root Cellar” and an anonymous piece “That Old Time Apron.” An epilogue by Becky Halstead describes how her father printed out the first edition and invites others to join the historical society as “Keepers of the Past.”