

Lumber flume meant work and fun
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society The Madera Sugar Pine lumber flume obviously transported more than lumber, as this photo...
Bill Coate
Dec 9, 2021


Madera and the ‘Great Imposter’
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Before he came to Madera County in 1963, to open up a school for boys in North Fork,...
Bill Coate
Dec 4, 2021
Cheryl Stofle’s double whammy
The news was frightening for Cheryl Stofle. Her doctor said she had a growth on her thyroid. Anxiety quickly built over this attack on...
Bill Coate
Dec 1, 2021


Madera’s schools march to a different drumbeat
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Captain Russel Perry Mace, an early president of Madera’s school board stands in the...
Bill Coate
Dec 1, 2021


Parents beat ‘devil’ out of 4-year-old
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society As Madera County Sheriff, Marlin Young was a busy man. Shown here on the right, he...
Bill Coate
Nov 27, 2021
Katie’s heart-stopping miracles
It was Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007, and 24-year-old Katie Hill had reached the nadir of her young life. She was morbidly obese, going through a...
Bill Coate
Nov 25, 2021


Integrating Madera’s swimming pool
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society George Clark, shown here, was the founder of the Madera Tribune. He later brought his...
Bill Coate
Nov 24, 2021


Madera had a turbulent school board race
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Superior Court Judge William Conley is shown here in his office at the Madera County...
Bill Coate
Nov 20, 2021









