Bill Coate
Jennie Mace lands in Madera
For The Madera Tribune Jennie Mace arrived in this area after leaving Indiana at the age of 18. She married Cpt. R.P. Mace and became the...
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History of the World (from student bloopers)
Courtesy of Wikipedia Scholars and enthusiasts alike believe this portrait of Abraham Lincoln, taken on Nov. 8, 1863, 11 days before his...
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Pogue heads a long line of sheriffs
For The Madera Tribune Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue. We don’t know precisely when the office of sheriff came into being, but...
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Madera almost never was
For The Madera Tribune These workers for the California Lumber Company were building the flume that provided the reason for the founding...
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Mayor’s death brought a whirlwind
For The Madera Tribune The sudden death of Madera Mayor John McNally set in motion a whirlwind of political activity in 1951. All of...
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Madera went from a town to a city
For The Madera Tribune One sign that Madera had turned from a village into a town came when Jay’s put their horse-drawn hearse away and...