Weaverville / Mountain Charlie

Historical marker location:

Weaverville, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (California Route 299) and Trinity Lake Boulevard (California Route 3) on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1972

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.