Beale's Cut

Historical marker location:

22580 Sierra Highway, Sylmar, California

( Marker is on Sierra Highway, 0.7 miles north of Foothill Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.)

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.