Madera County Historical Society

Captain Mace’s Hotel was one of the casualties of Madera’s 1886 fire.

For the first eight and one-half years...

Madera County Historical Society

Walter Vernon Yeager.

Walter Vernon Yeager was a killer. On Nov. 10, 1923, he murdered traffic cop Clarence P...

Five classes of Madera Method scholars are seeking descendants of all Madera County sheriffs. The students are researching the lives and tim...

Madera County Historical Society

Pfc. Tony Tavares was the first soldier from Madera to die in the Korean War in 1950.

On Monday, Madera will...

From the Author’s Collection

In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan experienced a revival and made its presence felt in communities all over the coun...

Madera County Historical Society

Sheriff W.O. Justice.

In 1927, the people of Madera County elected Welton Rhodes as their sheriff. In the yea...

Madera County Historical Society

Sheriff Sampson W. Westfall bit off more than he could chew when he tried to give one ne’er-do-well a second...

Madera County Historical Society

This twister dropped out of the skies on Madera in April 1967. No lives were lost, but considerable damage w...