For The Madera Tribune Sheriff John Jones. shown here, tried his best to rid Madera of its Red-Light District, but it was just too well...

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo Former Madera Mayor Marge Medellin and her son, Andy. Marge Medellin will always be a...

For The Madera Tribune Most bars in early Madera were sane and orderly like the Peerless Saloon and Pool Hall shown here. Occasionally,...

For The Madera Tribune G.L. Burke was taken to the cemetery in this motorized hearse instead of Jay’s horse-drawn hearse. Throughout its...

For The Madera Tribune Ed Murphy, Madera’s postmaster, hands over the town’s first outgoing airmail to pilot Pete Schmidt while Madera...

For The Madera Tribune John Brown is shown here in 1890. His farming colony near Madera evolved into what is now known as the La Vina...

For The Madera Tribune The first real order of business after Madera’s incorporation dealt with the saloon question. On March 23, 1907,...

For The Madera Tribune Councilman John Wells replaced Al Barsotti as mayor of Madera in the  election of 1970. In 1970, Madera had a...