“When there was no place else this mother could go … nothing else I could think of to do, I did the most important, most appropriate...

For The Madera Tribune By 1903, the town of Coarsegold had taken on all of the trappings of a civilized community. Here its citizens can...

For The Madera Tribune The once thriving village of Berenda was home to this showcase of education, Berenda School, seen here in the...

For The Madera Tribune Lou Emmert is shown here in 1944 near Quantico, Virginia, posing as a hitchhiker wearing her military uniform....

For The Madera Tribune George Washington Mordecai. As the little town of Madera was growing up in the 19th century, several important...

For The Madera Tribune The Vignolo Hotel, shown here, was the temporary resting place for a mountain lion in 1903. The appearance of big...

For The Madera Tribune Fresno Flats (Oakhurst) was a peaceful little village in the 19th century most of the time. Occasionally, however,...

Maria Hernandez needed a miracle. Her husband was in prison for drugs. Her children were growing up in need of closer supervision, but...