Lynching

Historical marker location:

1801 Fort Jones Road, Yreka, California

( Marker is on Fort Jones Road near Moonlit Oaks Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1991

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.