Bill Coate
History in the Week of Aug. 5
Madera County Historical Society One hundred years ago, Madera County suspended the payment of bounties on coyote scalps and rabbit...
Bill Coate
History in the Week of July 22
Madera County Historical Society This is how Yosemite Avenue looked in 1890. In less than 20 years, it had all changed. The automobiles...
Bill Coate
History in the Week of July 8
Madera County Historical Society One hundred years ago, the McCabe Lodging House on Yosemite Avenue, caused a lot of excitement when its...
Jim Glynn
The best thing since sliced bread
We’ve all heard that some new invention is “the best thing since sliced bread.” However, unless you’re more than 90 years old, you...
Bill Coate
2 Madera soldiers beat their swords into plowshares
Madera County Historical Society Although Frederick J. Quant’s tombstone says he served with the 2nd Mass. Cavalry during the Civil War,...
Bill Coate
History in the Week of June 25
Madera County Historical Society This sign at the corner of Yosemite Avenue and Gateway Drive stood as a beacon of hospitality, inviting...
Bill Coate
History in the Week of June 3
Madera County Historical Society One hundred years ago, the city fathers cast jaundiced eyes toward the balcony of the Yosemite Hotel,...