

Marge made history
For The Madera Tribune Marge Medellin with former Vice President Walter Mondale. I first met Marge Medellin in 1972 when I moved to...
Bill Coate
May 17, 2024


‘Warring Italians — Fierce Fight — Lucca’s Barroom Wrecked’
For The Madera Tribune At the turn of the 20th century, Maderans worked hard and played hard. This group labored at the Madera Sugar Pine...
Bill Coate
May 14, 2024


Historical look back over the past 100 years of my life
For The Madera Tribune Longtime Madera civil engineer Bertram Alfred King spent his formative years in Madera before moving to New...
For The Madera Tribune
May 10, 2024


Mace was a practical politician
For The Madera Tribune Assemblyman Captain Russel Perry Mace is seen here during his last year in the California legislature. When he...
Bill Coate
May 10, 2024


Madera said goodbye to Dr. James
For The Madera Tribune For more than 50 years, Madera held a 4th of July parade down Yosemite Avenue in honor of American Independence....
Bill Coate
May 7, 2024


The Methodist preacher went to war
For The Madera Tribune The Owl Saloon was located on the north side of Yosemite Avenue in the “Tenderloin” district of town. It drew the...
Bill Coate
May 4, 2024


Chinatown had its revenge
For The Madera Tribune This 1925 photograph of Sugar Pine was taken three years after fire destroyed the little mountain village and its...
Bill Coate
Apr 30, 2024


Lu Teaford: Queen of the mountains
For The Madera Tribune Lu Bowman and Otis Teaford are shown here on the day of their wedding in 1914. The husband and wife team was...
Bill Coate
Apr 30, 2024




