18 Facts About Salina Kansas

Shortly prior to European colonization of the area in the early 1700s, the site that would become Salina Kansas was located within the western territory of the Kansa people.

At Spring Creek, 20 miles west of what became Salina Kansas, they made a surprise attack on a hunting party of the "friendly" Eastern tribes.

Salina Kansas's attacking bow and arrow force was devastated, leaving bodies strewn, and effectively ending the local raids.

The westernmost town on the Smoky Hill Trail, Salina Kansas established itself as a trading post for westbound immigrants, gold prospectors bound for Pikes Peak, and area American Indian tribes.

In May and June 1864, the Salina Kansas Stockade was built to protect the town against further Indian raids.

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The re-opening triggered an economic boom in Salina Kansas, 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.

Salina Kansas is in a region prone to severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes.

Salina Kansas is the anchor city of the Salina Kansas Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Saline and Ottawa counties.

Salina Kansas hosted the first garment factory for Lee Jeans, which opened in 1889.

Major employers include these: Tony's Pizza, a Schwan Food Company brand, has operations in Salina Kansas to produce frozen pizzas and food for school cafeterias and other institutions; Philips Lighting, a manufacturer of lighting; Exide Battery, a storage battery manufacturer; Great Plains Manufacturing, a farm equipment manufacturer; ElDorado National, a commercial bus manufacturer; and Asurion, an insurance provider.

Cost of living in Salina is relatively low; compared to a U S average of 100, the cost of living index is 80.

Salina Kansas is a city of the first class with a commission-manager form of government which it adopted in 1921.

Salina Kansas is in the Wichita-Hutchinson television market, and five television stations broadcast from the city.

Salina Kansas is home to the only Public, educational, and government access cable TV channels in the state.

Salina Kansas Community Theatre is a regionally acclaimed theater, producing seven seasonal shows and three summer shows every year.

The Roman Catholic Diocese has its regional administrative offices in Salina as do the Presbytery of Northern Kansas and the Salina District of the United Methodist Church which is based at Kansas Wesleyan University.

Notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Salina include former White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater, dancer and war correspondent Betty Knox of the variety act Wilson, Keppel and Betty, astronaut Steven Hawley, former Governors of Kansas John W Carlin and Bill Graves, radio broadcaster Paul Harvey, inventor of Lee Jeans Harry Lee, and US Women's National Soccer Team goalkeeper Adrianna Franch.