1928 SALINA KANSAS OSCAR BENZ HOME GROCERY MARKET N. SANTA FE ANTIQUE CALENDAR

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AUTHENTIC 1928 ---FULL YEAR--- CALENDAR FROM THE HOME GROCERY & MARKET OWNER: OSCAR H. BENZ .......ARTWORK PRINT "THE PEACEMAKER" .............. 249 N. SANTA FE STREET.....SALINA, KANSAS ..................................................................................FREE SHIPPING IN AMERICA...... "OUR LITTLE CHAP GREETS YOU WITH A SMILE WE SMILE WHEN WE CAN SERVE YOU." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.........................................................................................................................................................................some history: History Settlers led by journalist and lawyer William A. Phillips founded Salina in 1858. In the next 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 Native American 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 Native American raiders only to fall victim to a second assault by bushwhackers later that year. Growth returned with the soldiers after the war, and with the arrival of the Kansas Pacific Railway in 1867 the town expanded rapidly. Salina was incorporated as a city in 1870. [9 ][ 10 ]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, who relocated westward just two years later. [11 ] 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 began to 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. [12 ] Salina was also the location of the first garment factory of jeans maker Lee which opened in 1889. [13 ] Over the following decade, three railroads were built through the city. [12 ] 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. [14 ]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 .[ 15 ] 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. [14 ] The U.S. Department of Defense closed the base permanently in 1965, but the city of Salina subsequently acquired it and converted it into Salina Municipal Airport and an industrial park .[ 15 ] This led to substantial industrial development, attracting firms such as Beechcraft , and made manufacturing a primary driver of the local economy. [16 ]In the decades since, Salina has continued to be the commercial hub of north-central Kansas, serving as a regional center for trade, transportation, and industry. [14 ][ 16 ] Geography 2005 KDOT Map of Saline County ( map legend ) Salina is located at 38°49′27″N 97°36′26″W (38.824267, -97.607205) at an elevation of 1,224 feet (373 m). [6 ][ 17 ] It lies in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) west-southwest of the confluence of the Saline and Smoky Hill Rivers .[ 18 ] The Smoky Hill River runs north then northeast throug... read more

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