Red Front Blacksmith Shop Mural

Historical marker location:

187 South Curry Street, Tehachapi, California

( Marker is on South Curry Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2006

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.