Chili Gulch

Historical marker location:

Mokelumne Hill, California

( Marker is on State Highway 49, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1949

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.