Editing Salina, Utah (section)

==Economy==
The primary effort of the first settlers was agriculture, primarily to sustain themselves.  However, other commercial activities were soon started.  In the 1870s a telegraph line, regular postal service, and coal mines were operating.

In June 1891 a railway began operating to the area, and soon the town was the transportation terminus between the area and the rest of Utah, which caused a boom in the town's businesses and its population size.  By the end of the nineteenth century the town had a newspaper (the Central Utah Press), a city hall and library, and an eight-room elementary schoolhouse, along with a plethora of saloons, boarding houses and dancehalls.<ref name="Media Solutions">''Media Solutions''</ref>

During the [[Great Depression]] a [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] camp was established in the area east of Salina, and its attendees worked on dams, roads and recreation sites.  Federal agency funding was used to construct a new city hall and library, an improved culinary water system, and a citywide wastewater collection/disposal system.

In the 1940s the Salina Livestock Auction and the Salina Turkey Plant (now part of [[Norbest]]) were established, both of which are still operating {{as of|2009|lc=y}}.<ref name="Media Solutions"/>  The Convulsion Canyon mine continued to grow, and became a part of [[Arch Coal]], Inc., known as the SUFCO Mine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archcoal.com/aboutus/sufco.aspx |title=Arch Coal, Inc. &#124; About Us: Our Mines |access-date=2009-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731120807/http://www.archcoal.com/aboutus/sufco.aspx |archive-date=2009-07-31 }} Arch Coal, Inc. website, accessed 29 July 2009</ref> SUFCO is currently owned by Bowie Resource Partners.<ref>[http://www.richfieldreaper.com/news/local/article_7da7e6cc-e355-11e2-953f-001a4bcf887a.html  Sufco to change hands]</ref>

Salina is currently attempting to develop a 400-acre (162-hectare) commercial site south of town, at the intersection of [[Interstate 70 in Utah|I-70]] and [[U.S. Route 89 in Utah|US 89]].  The effort is being funded by the city and by a grant from the US [[Economic Development Administration]].  It consists of 50 lots ranging from 1.5 to {{convert|30|acre|m2}} in size.<ref>[http://www.salinacity.org/?page_id=150 Commercial Center] on Salina City website</ref>