William Barker Hubbell

Historical marker location:

39 Main Street, Sutter Creek, California

( Marker is on Main Street (Old Highway 49) near Fiefield Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1997

1816 1894.

The first female mayor in the U.S. was elected in California in 1887. Susanna M. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, but she was born in California and later moved to Kansas with her husband.