Bill Coate
The Democrats finally won
Madera County Historical Society The Republican banner that stretched across Yosemite Avenue in 1890 should not lead one to believe that...
Bill Coate
Woman died fighting for her kids
For The Madera Tribune Eva Fridley Garner. Eva Fridley and John Garner were married in Modesto and moved to Madera in 1890. She was 16,...
Bill Coate
Brammer Building still stands tall
For The Madera Tribune Brammer’s shoe store was a pioneer establishment on Yosemite Avenue that bent with the times and survived. It...
Bill Coate
Roosevelt just missed the lion
For The Madera Tribune S.S. Anderson poses with the mountain lion he killed in a grove of trees near Berenda’s Vignolo Hotel in 1903. It...
Bill Coate
Taking the Titanic to Madera
For The Madera Tribune Argene and Sebastino del Carlo on their wedding day, Feb. 20, 1912. Two months later, they were on their way to...
Bill Coate
Pogue heads a long line of sheriffs
For The Madera Tribune Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue. He was sworn into office on June 16, and represents about 1,000 years of county...