Tuttletown

Historical marker location:

Columbia, California

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 49 and Wilcox Ranch Rd., on the right when traveling north on State Highway 49.)

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.