Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo John Yakligian. It was Feb. 4, 1976, when the earthquake struck in Guatemala, killing...

For The Madera Tribune In 1903, C.M. Petty let go of his vision of operating a match factory after it burned to the ground. However, he...

For The Madera Tribune Justice came quickly for Walter Yeager after he murdered police officer Clarence Pickett in 1923. Fourteen months...

The Madera Tribune File Photo Councilwoman Marge Medellin talks during a city council meeting. We don’t know for sure when Marge Medellin...

For The Madera Tribune Ben Ducker, left, poses with his son William in 1900, as he holds the shotgun that he used in the Battle of the...

For The Madera Tribune Officer Denny Shannon, shown here was a pallbearer for Officer Richard Thomas who had been shot while...

For The Madera Tribune In 1953, Madera’s beautiful jailhouse tower was demolished in order to build a more secure hoosegow. Before the...

For The Madera Tribune In 1911, the year that Ellen White graduated from Spring Valley School, shown here, she learned that she had...