Higurashi-en

Historical marker location:

70 De Sabla Road, San Mateo, California

( Marker is on De Sabla Road near Belford Way, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1993

"Garden Worthy of a Days Contemplation".

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.