

William Cerioni and Italian ‘Red’
For The Madera Tribune Anzello “Red” Lunetti is shown here in a Folsom Prison photo. He was incarcerated for the killing of John Cerioni,...
Bill Coate
Apr 30, 2022
Death denied on wagon train trip
Eight mules strained at the harnesses. They were pulling four covered wagons up the steep grade that leads from the Chowchilla River to...
Bill Coate
Apr 27, 2022


Bill Baratta beat the rap
For The Madera Tribune Bill Baratta is shown here on his 100th birthday. in 2021. A few days ago, he added one more year to that as he...
Bill Coate
Apr 27, 2022


Gateway Drive was almost ‘Easy Street’
For The Madera Tribune This crowd was boarding the train at the Madera Depot in 1911. On the other side of the train was F Street, which...
Bill Coate
Apr 23, 2022


The mysterious town of Borden
For The Madera Tribune The freight depot for the town of Borden. Passengers also used this depot. When the folks in charge of the High...
Bill Coate
Apr 20, 2022


This crook looked forward to prison
For The Madera Tribune When Deputy Sheriff John White escorted William Sawyer out of this ivy encrusted jail, the prisoner was a happy...
Bill Coate
Apr 16, 2022
Miracle on Avenue 7
The morning began as it had on so many other mornings for Mary Ann Meyer. As she pulled out of her driveway in her little Ford Fiesta,...
Bill Coate
Apr 13, 2022


Bates to bring spy novel to Raymond
For The Madera Tribune Ed Bates. Sheriff Ed Bates is no stranger to that annual celebration everyone knows as the Raymond parade. When he...
Bill Coate
Apr 13, 2022




