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Bill Coate
The year the tower came tumbling down
For The Madera Tribune In 1953, Madera’s beautiful jailhouse tower was demolished in order to build a more secure hoosegow. Before the...
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Bill Coate
Abandoned O’Neals mother finally got her due
For The Madera Tribune In 1911, the year that Ellen White graduated from Spring Valley School, shown here, she learned that she had...
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Bill Coate
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...
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Bill Coate
‘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...
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For The Madera Tribune
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...
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Bill Coate
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...