Bill Coate
Dispensing justice with a rope
For The Madera Tribune Many of Madera’s outlaws never saw the inside of this old jail--Madera’s first--Old Judge Lynch took care of them....
Bill Coate
Lumber meant more to Madera
For The Madera Tribune Building the flume that built Madera. Although the search for precious metals brought the first pioneers to Madera...
Bill Coate
Resurrection of a mayor
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo The John Wells Youth Center was so-named in honor of the man who gave so much to make the...
Bill Coate
Flores family history includes tie to Pancho Villa
For The Madera Tribune Dr. Barbara Flores. Not every pioneer trail to California was laid out along lines of latitude. Not all of them...
Bill Coate
An adventure in Oaxaca
For The Madera Tribune View of colonial buildings in old town of Oaxaca city in Mexico. This story begins in Madera Unified School...
Bill Coate
Stagecoach driver turned to bounty hunting
For The Madera Tribune A sheriff’s posse poses around the mortally wounded train robber, John Sontag. Shown second from the left is Hiram...