Marlin Young was the 10th sheriff of Madera County. He began his service in 1955. Seven years later, in 1962, he compiled a 45-page “Progress Report” that gives unparalleled insight into

Oct. 11, 1876 — Fresno Expositor MADERA — The new town laid out by the California Lumber Company in this county [Fresno], at the point where the company’s flume intersects the

In the summer of 1893, two women with an abundance of public spirit, Mrs. R.P. Mace and a Mrs. Wear, circulated a petition calling for an election to determine the public

The California gold rush was still in its infancy when Californians sat down to write their state constitution in 1849, and even in those rough and tumble frontier days, public education

It seems so far in the distant past, and yet it hasn’t really been all that long since the only method of transportation from Madera to the foothills and back was

This is a rather sad story. It’s about a man who took up arms to fight in the Civil War. He survived, settled in Madera County, and then was forgotten. His

On June 4, 1910, members of the Madera School Board determined to explore the possibility of building another school on the West side of town. Madera’s first school had been constructed

Madera’s first Chinese residents came here from the town of Borden. They had arrived at that spot in 1872 with the laying of the Southern Pacific tracks, but when Madera was

During the 33-year existence of the flume, which gave birth to Madera, more than one billion feet of lumber, floated down the big trough from the mountains toward the mill near

The ethnohistory of the North Fork Mono Indians, like all tribes of the area, is a story of trials, accomplishments, adjustments and integration. Throughout their history the tribe has learned to