Salida is the county seat of Chaffee County and its largest city, with a population of 5,504 in 2000. The city is the service, supply, and tourism center for the Upper Arkansas Valley. The 2001-02 survey of historic buildings in Salida had two primary goals: to conduct an intensive level survey to record and evaluate properties within and adjacent to the historic commercial district and to conduct a reconnaissance level survey of the remainder of the city.
