

Grim Reaper played baseball
For The Madera Tribune This 1915 photo was taken in the same baseball park where a Madera baseball player was killed at 2nd base in 1901....
Bill Coate
Aug 2


Madera’s surprise from the mountains
For The Madera Tribune S.S. Anderson is shown here with the mountain lion he shot at the Vignolo Hotel in Berenda. The appearance of big...
Bill Coate
Jul 30


Farmer got mad; blew his brains out
For The Madera Tribune Not even Dr. Dow Ransom (shown here) could save Charles Brown. If it had not been for bad luck, Charlie Brown...
Bill Coate
Jul 26


Madera remembered Jim Savage
For The Madera Tribune Jim Savage — Madera County’s mountain man. As difficult as it may be for the 21st century mind to grasp, there...
Bill Coate
Jul 23


Knife fight at the Mint Saloon
For The Madera Tribune The Mint Saloon, scene of the action. R. Tuggle was stabbed by S. Monahan last night after a friendly game of...
Bill Coate
Jul 19


Madera’s unique merchandising technique
For The Madera Tribune Brammers Shoe Store promoted its business in the limerick contest of 1916. “There once was a lady named Mary —...
Bill Coate
Jul 16


Borden’s no-nonsense Constable
For The Madera Tribune The Borden Hotel. Traveling in the foothills was never pleasant in the horse and buggy days. Those ubiquitous...
Bill Coate
Jul 12


Daulton met a violent end
For The Madera Tribune Shepherd’s Home in 1880. Henry Clay Daulton represents a powerful political and economic force in local history....
Bill Coate
Jul 9









