William M. Conley: Mutineer with an agenda
William M. Conley was a Johnny-Come-Lately in the Secession of 1893. While the push for creating Madera County was reaching a white heat in the summer of 1892, Conley was busy running for the office of district attorney of Merced County. However, when he was defeated in that race, the 26-year-old lawyer began to cast […]