Bill Coate
A woman settled the Italians’ fight
Madera County Historical Society Marshal John Barnett went on a wild goose chase in 1915 when he arrested Faustino Sciacqua for stabbing...
Bill Coate
How an arrow wound kept Dr. Leach in the Valley
Madera County Historical Society This photograph shows Dr. Louis Leach circa 1880. By this time he was no longer a pioneer doctor. In...
Bill Coate
William Cerioni and Italian ‘Red'
Courtesy of Madera Historical Society Anzello “Red” Lunetti is shown here in a Folsom Prison photo. He was incarcerated for the killing...
Bill Coate
Madera murder was a family affair
Madera County Historical Society This photograph shows the Madera County Jail-the building on the right-where Mrs. John Garner was held...
Bill Coate
County government finally got a home
Madera County Historical Society Huge blocks of Raymond granite dotted the landscape during construction of the Madera County Courthouse....
Bill Coate
Young authors press on in face of virus
For The Madera Tribune Angela Lindsay, far left, stands with her 8th grade class in Chowchilla. Having led her students in researching...