Bill Coate
Meet Madera’s world class organist, Dr. John Romeri
For The Madera Tribune Dr. John Romeri. Little did Mrs. Lois Worthington, music teacher and choir director at Madera High School, know...
Bill Coate
Searching the cemetery: ‘Everything is findable’
Madera County Historical Society Raymond, Calif., around the time that Henry Jones shot himself in the town’s blacksmith shop. Henry S....
Bill Coate
What America and Madera have in common
Madera County Historical Society For its first 50 years, Madera’s 4th of July celebrations were its most festive events, as this 1904...
Bill Coate
Madera County’s first birthday celebration
Madera County Historical Society When Robert Stockton spoke of Mace’s Hotel, this was the building he remembered. Saturday is a...
Bill Coate
Murder on the Mordecai ranch
For The Madera Tribune Jion Singh Dhandah is shown here in this San Quentin Prison photo after killing a farm worker at the Mordecai...
Bill Coate
Madera’s 20th century makers and shakers
Madera County Historical Society John Francis Daulton, shown here, was the son of Henry Clay Daulton I and the father of Henry Clay...