Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA
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Wikipedia 2016:
Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 47,707. Located in one of the world's largest wheat-producing areas, Salina is a regional trade center for north-central Kansas. It is home to multiple colleges.
History:
Prior to European colonization of the area, the site of Salina was located within the territory of the Kansa people. Claimed first by France as part of Louisiana and later acquired by the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, it was within the area organized by the U.S. as Kansas Territory in 1854. In 1856, a colony led by Preston B. Plumb established the first American settlement near the site at a location on the Saline River.
Settlers led by journalist and lawyer William A. Phillips founded Salina in 1858. During the following two years, the territorial legislature chartered the town company, organized the surrounding area as Saline County, and named Salina the county seat. The westernmost town on the Smoky Hill Trail, Salina established itself as a trading post for westbound immigrants, prospectors bound for Pikes Peak, and area American Indian tribes. The town's growth halted with the outbreak of the American Civil War when much of the male population left to join the U.S. Army.
In 1862, local residents fended off American Indian raiders only to fall victim to a second assault by bushwhackers later that year. In May and June 1864, the Salina Stockade was built to protect the town against further Indian raids. Troops were garrisoned in Salina until March 1865, and some may have returned in June 1865. The stockade was probably used until at least spring or summer 1865.
Growth returned with the soldiers after the war, and the town expanded rapidly with the arrival of the Kansas Pacific Railway in 1867. Salina incorporated as a city in 1870. The cattle trade arrived in 1872, transforming Salina into a cowtown. The trade brought the city further prosperity, but also a rowdy culture that agitated local residents. The cattle trade relocated westward just two years later. During the 1870s, wheat became the dominant crop in the area, steam-powered flour mills were built, and agriculture became the engine of the local economy. In 1874, Salina resident E. R. Switzer introduced alfalfa to area farmers, and its cultivation spread throughout the state. By 1880, the city was an area industrial center with several mills, a carriage and wagon factory, and a farm implement works. Salina was the location of the first garment factory of jeans maker Lee, which opened in 1889. Over the following decade, three railroads were built through the city. The success of the wholesale and milling industries drove Salina's growth into the early 1900s such that, at one point, it was the third-largest producer in the state and the sixth-largest in the United States.
In 1943, the U.S. Army established Smoky Hill Army Airfield southwest of the city. The installation served as a base for strategic bomber units throughout World War II. Renamed Smoky Hill Air Force Base in 1948, the base closed the following year only to be reopened in 1951 as Schilling Air Force Base, part of Strategic Air Command. The re-opening of the base triggered an economic boom in Salina, causing the city's population to increase by nearly two-thirds during the 1950s. The U.S. Department of Defense closed the base permanently in 1965, but the city of Salina acquired it and converted it into Salina Municipal Airport and an industrial park. This led to substantial industrial development, attracting firms such as Beechcraft, and made manufacturing a primary driver of the local economy.
Today, Salina remains a center of trade, transportation, and industry in north-central Kansas.
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Nachname, Taufnamen | Geburt | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | McCabe, Colleen Emma | 24 Sep 1929 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I224491 |
2 | Engel, Daryl Dee | 29 Dez 1943 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I151568 |
3 | Kruger, Jessica Ann | 2 Jun 1988 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I224494 |
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Nachname, Taufnamen | Tod | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Karnatz, Patricia Alena | 21 Sep 1946 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I105936 |
2 | Hoeffner, Rose | 31 Okt 1964 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I108912 |
3 | Weißenburger, Friedrich | Feb 1967 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I90655 |
4 | Wilson, Lurlene M. | 1 Feb 1999 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I230610 |
5 | Vohs, Elaine | 10 Mai 2000 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I94748 |
6 | Weigel, Gerald Joseph | 22 Sep 2000 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I153339 |
7 | Morris, Cleo LeRoy | 2 Aug 2001 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I105947 |
8 | Rauscher, Glen Samuel | 22 Feb 2003 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I94747 |
9 | Stephens, Mildred | 16 Jun 2003 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I94754 |
10 | Hillyer, Wilbur S. | 16 Sep 2003 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I94753 |
11 | Weigel, Thomas Gilbert | 31 Mrz 2006 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I153333 |
12 | McCabe, Colleen Emma | 8 Aug 2008 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I224491 |
13 | Newell, Henrietta Louise | 13 Aug 2008 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I165858 |
14 | Gunn, Marjorie Eileen | 23 Jun 2010 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I106595 |
15 | Raile, Dorine Doris | 15 Apr 2011 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I1714 |
16 | Kruger, Roy G. | 19 Mrz 2012 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I224490 |
17 | Rock, Ada Marie | 25 Okt 2013 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | I168123 |
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Familie | Eheschließung | Familien-Kennung | ||
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1 | Perrien / Griess | 8 Jul 1945 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | F54249 |
2 | Kruger / McCabe | 23 Jan 1949 | Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA | F76620 |