Salinas

[ suh-lee-nuhs ]

/ səˈli nəs /

a city in W California.

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Salinas was the home town of John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath and great chronicler of Depression-era California.
The Golden State Is Crumbling|Joel Kotkin|September 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Today for many in hardscrabble, majority-Latino Salinas, home to 150,000 people, The Grapes of Wrath is less lyrical than real.
The Golden State Is Crumbling|Joel Kotkin|September 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
That night we slept on Salinas Plain, and the next morning reached Monterey.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete|William T. Sherman
In 'the country watered by the Salinas and other tributaries of the Gila.'
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1|Hubert Howe Bancroft

Through it runs the Salinas River, winding and bending with great sweeps through its sandy bed.
Across America by Motor-cycle|C. K. Shepherd
It is described as resembling the salinas of New Mexico, and the quantity of salt as inexhaustible.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX|Various
Dade heard a Salinas man exclaim, and flushed at the praise.
The Gringos|B. M. Bower