Madera County Historical Society

For its first 50 years, Madera’s 4th of July celebrations were its most festive events, as this 1904 scene s...

Madera County Historical Society

When Robert Stockton spoke of Mace’s Hotel, this was the building he remembered.

Saturday is a red-letter day...

For The Madera Tribune

Jion Singh Dhandah is shown here in this San Quentin Prison photo after killing a farm worker at the Mordecai ranch in...

Madera County Historical Society

John Francis Daulton, shown here, was the son of Henry Clay Daulton I and the father of Henry Clay Daulton I...

For The Madera Tribune

Lt. Commander Raleigh Rhodes, shown here, survived WWII to become a Blue Angel.

Raleigh “Buddy” Rhodes was everybody’s...

Courtesy of the Ransom Family

Dr. Dow Ransom, shown here, returned to Madera from the Army just in time to take part in another fight in 1920...

Madera County Historical Society

Martha Baird, Madera native and wife of John D. Rockefeller Jr., began her education in Madera’s Westside Sc...

Madera County Historical Society

This photo of the Old Timers Parade was taken in 1947, a major watershed year in Madera’s history.

The year 1...