Fort Jones

Historical marker location:

11890 Main Street, Fort Jones, California

( Marker is on Main Street (California Route 3), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2010

Established 1860.

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.