Talbert Drainage District

Historical marker location:

Fountain Valley, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Talbert Avenue and Bushard Street, on the right when traveling west on Talbert Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.