Camino Real Bell

Historical marker location:

26851 Ortega Hwy, San Juan Capistrano, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Ortega Highway (California Route 74) and El Camino Real, on the right when traveling west on Ortega Highway.)

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.