Stirling City

Historical marker location:

16595 Skyway Highway, Stirling City, California

( Marker is on Skyway Highway near Retson Road.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.