Miracles come in all shapes and sizes, and some people get more than one; just ask Brigid Vidrio-Zapata. She has experienced two powerful...

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society In 1916, Jay Chapel used this hearse to transport the remains of an Indigent Chinese man...

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Herman Brammer and his son Will stand here in their newly remodeled shoe store....

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Walter Thomas, shown here second from left in the 1930s. At the time he was one-fifth of...

Life should have been sweet for Mike Pursell. The young pastor was in the prime of life. At 33 years of age, he had a beautiful family —...

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society The magnet mine was just a few miles from the little mountain town of Coarsegold....

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Ernie Fernandez, shown here on the far right, quickly found out how dangerous a...

June 8 was just around the corner, and Pam Sanders was approaching her 80th birthday. She wanted to celebrate this milestone in a...