

The sheriff saved the bull
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society This photo taken in 1901, shows a bullfight that took place at the north end of E....
Bill Coate
Dec 25, 2021
The nurse and the exorcism
Victoria Callahan is a supervising nurse in the intensive care unit of a local hospital. Throughout her long career in nursing, she has...
Bill Coate
Dec 23, 2021


1906 quake surprised Madera’s sheriff
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Madera County Sheriff John Jones had a ringside view of the 1906 San Francisco...
Bill Coate
Dec 22, 2021


Madera’s marshal wrestled with a legless opponent
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Sheriff John Barnett, 2nd from the right, was a fearless lawman, but he almost met his...
Bill Coate
Dec 18, 2021


Carles Beckett; the rest of the story
For The Madera Tribune Mr. and Mrs. Carles Beckett are shown here on their wedding day in 1972. When Carles Beckett graduated from Fresno...
Bill Coate
Dec 15, 2021


Madera High School was saved
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society It was a proud group of Madera High students who posed in front of their school in 1915....
Bill Coate
Dec 15, 2021


Madera High School forced to close
Courtesy of Madera County Historical Society Madera High School after the storm of 1904 had settled. One of the first things accomplished...
Bill Coate
Dec 11, 2021


The myriad miracles of Carles Beckett
For The Madera Tribune Carles Beckett. It was four in the morning, July 17, 1954, when the woman crumpled to the floor. Her sobbing woke...
Bill Coate
Dec 9, 2021









