Col. William A. Phillips

Historical marker location:

North Entrance Gateway to Oakdale Park, Salina, Kansas

( Marker is on Oakdale Drive, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1917

Founder of Salina, Kansas. Col. 3rd Cherokee Indian Reg.

The famous novel "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote is based on a true story that took place in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959.