BASKETBALL Professional basketball first came to Wisconsin with the formation of the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1937. Created by three corporations, the NBL began with thirteen previously independent teams from small Midwestern towns; these were joined by corporate teams such as the Firestone Non-Skids.
Bauxite is a town in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. Located within Central Arkansas, the town is named for bauxite, the source ore for aluminum, which was found in abundant quantities in the area and became a source of aluminum refining. The town's population boomed during expanded aluminum production during World War II and shrank rapidly with output of the ore. Bauxite was incorporated as a town in 1973. The population was 487 at the 2010 census.
Search Again Â» Saline County Home Â» Bauxite Home. Bauxite is the raw material for aluminum and seeing that the little town in Saline county was the only place in the United States where it was worth while to mine Bauxite ore, the town was also named Bauxite. It is also known as the Bauxite Capital of the world. The mining began in 1899 and the town was owned by the company Alcoa. Industry grew larger and larger every year until World War II, when Bauxite was producing 1 000 000 dry tons a year.