

Trouble in the tax collector’s office
For The Madera Tribune Charles Preciado is shown here on the far left. This family photo was taken at the Preciado home on North B...
Bill Coate
Jan 29, 2022
Be careful what you pray for
The Brooks family belongs to Madera. Both James Brooks and his wife Renee were born in Madera two years, two days, and two hours apart....
Bill Coate
Jan 26, 2022


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 81-years-old...
Bill Coate
Jan 26, 2022


Madera remembered Athletic Hall
For The Madera Tribune Looking east on Yosemite Avenue from E Street, this 1928 photograph shows the two-story building which housed the...
Bill Coate
Jan 22, 2022


‘The Blood of Emmett Till’
For The Madera Tribune Mamie Till-Bradley looks on with anguish at the mutilated body of her son, Emmett Till after his funeral in 1955....
Bill Coate
Jan 22, 2022


Three cousins remember their heritage
For The Madera Tribune The Madera Baking Company, circa 1930, was located on F Street (Gateway Drive) between Yosemite Avenue and 5th...
Bill Coate
Jan 19, 2022
The miracle of fresh air
One week after the CT Scan, the phone rang. It was the doctor’s office with some news that was not good for the patient. He was told,...
Bill Coate
Jan 19, 2022


1914 queen contest created a commotion
For The Madera Tribune Lena Northern Adams is shown here in 1914 after she won the title of Madera’s Raisin Queen. Maderan Lena Northern...
Bill Coate
Jan 15, 2022









