Any look at Madera during the Roaring Twenties will include politics, prohibition and prostitution. Women won the right to vote; moonshine flowed freely, and prostitution, recently outlawed, flourished, especially on the
Ben Bresee thought that he had the meanest dog in town. Folks around Madera called it the homeliest hound that ever profaned civilization but readily acknowledged it as a champion fighter.
Cathy Wieland has been a quiet, selfless, and effective Madera leader for 48 years… at home, on the job, and through her volunteer service. She was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I, and reaction across the nation was quick in coming. Overnight the Germania Life Insurance Building in St. Paul became the
Nearly everyone agrees that mountain folks tend to be just a bit independent, especially Madera County mountain folks. For years they have more or less marched to their own drum, refusing
As 1900 dawned in Madera its residents were ready for the 20th century, due in part to the coterie of indomitable pioneers that had gathered to lay the foundations for our
Marlin Young fue el décimo sheriff del condado de Madera. Comenzó a servir en 1955. Siete años después, en 1962, compiló un “Informe de Progreso” de 45 páginas que ofrece una visión sin precedentes de
11 de octubre de 1876 — Fresno Expositor MADERA — La nueva ciudad construida por la California Lumber Company en este condado [Fresno], en el punto donde el canal de la compañía se cruza con el río San Joaquin.
En el verano de 1893, dos mujeres con una gran energía pública, la señora R.P. Mace y la señora Wear, distribuyeron una petición pidiendo una elección para determinar el gobierno del pueblo.
La fiebre del oro de California estaba todavía en sus inicios cuando los californianos se sentaron a redactar su constitución estatal en 1849, y aún en aquellos días difíciles y turbulentos de la frontera, la educación pública
