Bill Coate
Queen contest created commotion
Madera County Historical Society Lena Northern Adams is shown here in 1914 after she won the title of Madera’s Raisin Queen. Maderan...
Bill Coate
Youth put life on the line, twice!
Madera County Historical Society Pfc. Tony Tavares, Madera’s first loss in the Korean War. The story of Jack Cremean, the Marine, who...
Bill Coate
The real legacy of Pearl Harbor
Madera County Historical Society When this photograph was taken on Sept. 27, 1941, Conrad Shebulet, standing by the table in his...
Bill Coate
Not even death could keep ‘good’ man down
Madera County Historical Society Jim Savage’s monument marks his second grave. The mountain adventurer moved twice more before he...
Bill Coate
Minturn scholars efforts reverberate through today
Courtesy of Angela Elliot The sixth grade class at Howard School is shown here in 1985, after they completed their class project, “The...
Bill Coate
Joe Louis’s Brown Bombers beat Madera
Madera County Historical Society World Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, donned his softball uniform when he came to Madera in...