Upper Newport Bay

Historical marker location:

2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, California

( Marker can be reached from University Drive east of Irvine Avenue.)

Human Impact on the Estuary.

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.