Sawmill Flat

Historical marker location:

Columbia, California

( Marker is on Sawmill Flat Road, 0.9 miles east of Parrotts Ferry Road (County Route E18), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1949

Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail.

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.