

One last look at Madera’s ‘Chinatown’
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Tung Lin Leong, daughter of Mrs. Yee Chung is shown here in this 1903 photograph taken...
Bill Coate
Oct 30, 2021
Guillermo’s miracle puzzled doctors
Something was seriously wrong with Guillermo in the summer of 2017. He was turning yellow! He had no appetite and was losing weight; he...
Bill Coate
Oct 27, 2021


Pioneer county officials rolled in dough
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Judge William Conley is shown here in his chambers in the Madera County Courthouse circa...
Bill Coate
Oct 27, 2021


Teen fugitives were no match for sheriff
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society A group of teenaged fugitives were no match for Madera County Sheriff Marlin Young,...
Bill Coate
Oct 23, 2021
The miracle of a woman pursued
What more could happen to a young woman who was bullied and outrageously abused in school? What else could happen to a 15-year-old who...
Bill Coate
Oct 20, 2021


Maude remembered Madera
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Maude Quant Burton is shown here at age 104 while on a visit to Madera, her hometown....
Bill Coate
Oct 20, 2021


Cop killer barely escaped vigilante justice in Madera
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Walter Yeager, shown here, was hanged in San Quentin for the murder of Madera traffic...
Bill Coate
Oct 16, 2021


Thurman left office shooting
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Madera County’s first sheriff, W.H. Thurman, shown here, left some big shoes for his son...
Bill Coate
Oct 13, 2021









