Ben Hulse Highway

Historical marker location:

Winterhaven, California

( Marker is on Ben Hulse Highway (State Highway 78) 38 miles north of Interstate 8, on the left when traveling north.)

Dedicated for Public Use. March 21, 1964.

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.