

Yolanda Martinez impressed Gregory Peck
For The Madera Tribune Gregory Peck. Until Todd Lile told me that the actor Gregory Peck had once visited Madera High School to give a...
Bill Coate
Jan 30, 2024


Fresno Flats lost out to Oakhurst
For The Madera Tribune Oakhurst was once Fresno Flats, which is shown here circa 1880. John Robert Nichols has been given credit for...
Bill Coate
Jan 27, 2024


Italian immigrants gave up a son
For The Madera Tribune The Ferretti family. Eugenio Ferretti and Maria Ceccarelli were married in 1920 in Marlia in the Italian Province...
Bill Coate
Jan 25, 2024


Madera’s schools march to a different drumbeat
For The Madera Tribune Captain Russel Perry Mace, an early president of Madera’s school board stands in the middle of the student body at...
Bill Coate
Jan 25, 2024


Three cousins remember their heritage
For The Madera Tribune The Madera Baking Company, circa 1930, was located on F Street (Gateway Drive) between Yosemite Avenue and 5th...
Bill Coate
Jan 24, 2024


Madera Method students dig up Mexican hero’s past
Wikimedia Commons/For The Madera Tribune Benito Pablo Juárez Garcia. Editors: Carolina Bojorquez, Bella Doan, Daniel Garcia, Danna Reyes,...
Bill Coate
Jan 12, 2024


Madera’s 1947 Old Timers Day Parade
For The Madera Tribune A standout from the 1947 Old Timers Day Parade. Every community has something that makes it unique. Some towns...
Bill Coate
Jan 10, 2024


Law and order under fire
For The Madera Tribune Chowchilla bank robber Earl McCrory (left) sits with Sheriff John Barnett at the site where he buried the cash he...
Bill Coate
Jan 5, 2024




