For The Madera Tribune Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till, are shown here just before the youth’s murder. Sixty-six years have passed...

“Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn’t.” — Forrest Gump Every year, some of the people who became icons of...

Jim Barsotti/For The Madera Tribune Eugenia Genovesi Barsotti is shown here with her husband, Nello Barsotti on their wedding day in...

Courtesy of Tiia Dickerson Bullen The family of Chief Petty Officer Donald Dickerson, shown here, continues to fight to have his name...

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society As Madera County Sheriff, Marlin Young was a busy man. Shown here on the right, he...

For The Madera Tribune Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till, are shown here just before the youth’s murder. Sixty-six years have passed...

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society When Bernard (Barney) McCluskey was shot in 1919, he became the first Madera police...

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society The first six men to be drafted into the Army from Madera in WWI with Herbert Macon,...