

The beginnings of a Madera hero
For The Madera Tribune The Dow Ransom house on C Street. One of Madera’s most productive generations was made up of its citizens who were...
Bill Coate
Jan 3, 2024


The Hensley’s family affair
For The Madera Tribune Olive Hensley is shown here with her sons Leonard and Earl and her husband; We are just not sure which husband,...
Bill Coate
Dec 29, 2023


‘A good and faithful servant’
For The Madera Tribune Borden’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church, shown here circa 1900, stood right beside Rev. W.B. McElwee in his...
Bill Coate
Dec 27, 2023


Can anyone really replace Ed Gwartney?
For The Madera Tribune Ed Gwartney, founder and director of the James Monroe Children’s Museum. Ed Gwartney would have been 83-years-old...
Bill Coate
Dec 23, 2023


Clark and the Japanese
For The Madera Tribune George Clark, founder of The Madera Tribune. By December 1944, the president had declared that the Issei and...
Bill Coate
Dec 19, 2023


1914 queen contest created a commotion
Madera County Historical Society Lena Northern Adams is shown here in 1914 after she won the title of Madera’s Raisin Queen. Originally...
Bill Coate
Dec 15, 2023


Babe Sordi and Madera’s Bucket of Blood
Photo courtesy of Roy Sordi Jr. Babe Sordi’s grandson, Kurt Gleason, is seen here wearing his grandfather’s boxing robe, which he wore...
Bill Coate
Dec 12, 2023


Bishop Ochoa and the Madera Method Wagon Train
For The Madera Tribune Retired Bishop Armando Ochoa is shown here on the right. Every time I think about retired Bishop Armando Ochoa my...
Bill Coate
Dec 12, 2023




