Outlaws and Lawmen: A tale to be told
Madera County Historical Society Madera Sheriff Ed Bates. On Monday, Oct. 14, Arbor Vitae Cemetery is going to be the scene of one of the...
Bill Coate
Oct 12, 2019
Opinion: Getting a year older
Next week I will be celebrating the anniversary of my 29th birthday. In my six-plus decades, I have learned many things. I wish I knew as...
Tami Jo Nix
Oct 12, 2019
Some outlaws reached ends of ropes
Madera County Historical Society Samuel Ashe Holmes came to Madera County as part of the Alabama Colony. He became Fresno County’s first...
Bill Coate
Oct 5, 2019
Man dies in collision north of city
A traffic collision on Avenue 21 just west of Road 26 killed a Madera man about 5 a.m. Saturday morning, according to the California...
DJ Becker
Oct 2, 2019
‘Good old days’ were deadly for one boy
Madera County Historical Society Little Burt Hambleton was carried to Arbor Vitae Cemetery in 1902 after he was killed in a hunting...
Bill Coate
Sep 28, 2019
2 die Bass Lake crash
A car veering off Road 222 and into Bass Lake sometime Tuesday night took the lives of the driver, 21-year-old Samuel Rosasco of Oakhurst...
DJ Becker
Sep 14, 2019
34 souls gone to the deep
Madera mariners witness nightmare boating tragedy from their 60-foot yacht At about 3 a.m. Monday, Maderans Bob and Shirley Hansen were...
Charles Doud
Sep 7, 2019
Mineshaft murderer paid high price for jealousy
Madera County Historical Society Luke’s Store in Raymond, where it is likely murder victim James Kipp and his bootlegging partner Albert...
Bill Coate
Aug 31, 2019
