Bill Coate
Fake news in Madera?
Madera County Historical Society Ben Ducker, left, poses with his son William in 1900, as he holds the shotgun that he used against the...
Bill Coate
Will Mace fought demons
Madera County Historical Society Not every old-time Madera saloon was as peaceful as this one appears. More often than not, they provided...
Bill Coate
Looking back at Lincoln School
Madera County Historical Society This photograph was one of many that Lincoln principal James Pyer stuck in his album. It appears to be...
Bill Coate
Fire was constant threat to Madera
Madera County Historical Society Captain Mace’s Hotel was one of the casualties of Madera’s 1886 fire. For the first eight and one-half...
Bill Coate
Walter Vernon Yeager: The face of a killer
Madera County Historical Society Walter Vernon Yeager. Walter Vernon Yeager was a killer. On Nov. 10, 1923, he murdered traffic cop...
For The Madera Tribune
Students seek kin of sheriffs
Five classes of Madera Method scholars are seeking descendants of all Madera County sheriffs. The students are researching the lives and...
Bill Coate
Madera rejected the Klan in time
From the Author’s Collection In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan experienced a revival and made its presence felt in communities all over the...