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Pauline Emmert, widow of Steve Emmert, is joined by her family, from left, Steve McDougald, Wyatt Emmer...

Madera County Historical Society
Ed Bates, before he was elected Sheriff of Madera County, was one of the polygraph experts who questioned t...

For The Madera Tribune
The front page of the Madera Tribune was dominated by the Harlow Fire of 1961.

Creek Fire turns the pages of history

S...

Madera County Historical Society
Madera Attorney Joe Barcroft worked for 10 years to free an innocent man from Folsom Prison. In 1919 he was...

For The Madera Tribune
Charles Hammond is shown here in a 1933 newspaper photo. He had been on the run for seven years after escaping from F...

Madera County Historical Society
Horace Thorwaldson was the sheriff of Fresno County when he arrested Maderans Charles and Anna Hammond for...

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune
Teachers from the Madera Technical Exploration Center (MAD TEC) are temporarily conducting classes in a p...

Madera County Historical Society
This crowd was boarding the train at the Madera Depot in 1911. On the other side of the train was F Street,...