The children vanished 45 years ago
Wendy Alexander/Madera Tribune File Photo Former Madera County Sheriff Ed Bates answers questions from students who were investigating...
Bill Coate
Aug 7, 2021
Preciado’s escape from prison
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Tax Collector Charles Preciado is shown here (far left) in a photo with his family on...
Bill Coate
Aug 4, 2021
Gossip galore on Yosemite Avenue
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society The first Rosenthal Kutner store, a two-story structure on the corner of D Street and...
Bill Coate
Jul 31, 2021
How did Madera High School come to be?
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society The upper floor of Westside School on Sixth Street served as home for Madera High...
Bill Coate
Jul 28, 2021
Sheriff Jones missed his man
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Sheriff John Jones. Yosemite Avenue and D Street appeared peaceful enough for Saturday...
Bill Coate
Jul 24, 2021
From the Civil War to Vietnam
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Dow Harvey Ransom, M.D.,1880-1946. One of Madera’s most productive generations was made...
Bill Coate
Jul 21, 2021
Grave robber failed in Madera
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Sheriff John Barnett is shown here on the right with bank robber Earl McCrory in 1923,...
Bill Coate
Jul 17, 2021
Madera went from a town to a city
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society One sign that Madera had turned from a village into a town came when Jay’s put their...
Bill Coate
Jul 14, 2021
