

1947: Madera’s Old Timers parade
For The Madera Tribune Ten thousand people packed both sides of Yosemite Avenue for Madera’s 1947 Old Timers Parade. Every community has...
Bill Coate
Nov 2, 2022
What is Agent Orange, really?
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 29, 2022
Humbling experience
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 26, 2022


Holding on to the Hensley family
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
Oct 26, 2022


‘Good old days’ were deadly
For The Madera Tribune Little Burt Hambleton was carried to Arbor Vitae Cemetery in 1902 in this horse-drawn hearse after he was killed...
Bill Coate
Oct 22, 2022
The letter
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 22, 2022
The POW camp
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 19, 2022


Madera’s ‘fire and brimstone preacher’
For The Madera Tribune Borden’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church, shown here circa 1900, stood resolutely behind Rev. W.B. McElwee in his...
Bill Coate
Oct 19, 2022




