Brock's Department Store

Historical marker location:

1918 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, California

( Marker is at the intersection of 1918 Chester Avenue and 20th Street, on the left when traveling west on 1918 Chester Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1970

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.