

History in the Week of Aug. 12
Madera County Historical Society Over the last 100 years, Madera has been hit with a number of floods, but few reached the level of this...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Brother follows brother to academy
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune From left, Gloria and Mark Chadwich are joined by sons Daniel Chadwick and Air Force 2nd Lt. Samuel...
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