I.O.O.F. Hall

Historical marker location:

520 Main Street, Weaverville, California

( Marker is on Main Street (California Route 299), on the right when traveling south.)

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.