Bill Coate
Sheriff challenged from the inside
Madera County Historical Society Sheriff W.O. Justice. In 1927, the people of Madera County elected Welton Rhodes as their sheriff. In...
Bill Coate
Westfall: A sheriff of second chances
Madera County Historical Society Sheriff Sampson W. Westfall bit off more than he could chew when he tried to give one ne’er-do-well a...
Bill Coate
1967: The year that Madera was shook
Madera County Historical Society This twister dropped out of the skies on Madera in April 1967. No lives were lost, but considerable...
Bill Coate
County finally gave up vendetta
Madera County Historical Society The Preciado family on the porch of their home on North B Street, circa 1910. Charles Preciado is...
Bill Coate
Madera disappointed Fresno on the 4th
Madera County Historical Society In 1889, there was no crowd at the Yosemite Hotel to greet the folks from Fresno who had come to...