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Gateway to Yosemite Exact Center of California |
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Gateway to Yosemite Exact Center of California |
Madera
The county seat at the junction
of Hwy 99 and Hwy 145 on the Fresno River. Officials of the California
Lumber Company had the town laid out in 1876 at the end of a flume that
brought lumber 63 miles from the mountains to the railroad. Madera means
"wood" or "timber" in Spanish. Madera PO has been open since 1877. The
town was incorporated in 1907.
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Yosemite Avenue - 1896 |
Yosemite Avenue - 1940s |
D Street - 1943 |
Russ House Hotel |
Court House - 1946 |
Madera County Library - 1929 |
American Legion Building |
Masonic Hall |
Griffin Catholic Club |
Madera Abstract Co. 6th & D Streets Ed McCardle & Leticia Curran |
Madera County Jail - 1911
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Madera looking East from Court House The "Park" |
Last update:
Feburary 17, 2001
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