Bill Coate
Some outlaws reached ends of ropes
Madera County Historical Society Samuel Ashe Holmes came to Madera County as part of the Alabama Colony. He became Fresno County’s first...
Bill Coate
Graveyard trials and tribulations
Madera County Historical Society This photograph shows the grave of Madera teacher Katie Bailey in Arbor Vitae Cemetery in 1906. Madera...
Bill Coate
‘Good old days’ were deadly for one boy
Madera County Historical Society Little Burt Hambleton was carried to Arbor Vitae Cemetery in 1902 after he was killed in a hunting...
Bill Coate
Ed Gwartney remembered
For The Madera Tribune Ed Gwartney, 1941-2018. Eventually he will belong to the ages; he has already found his place in the history of...
Bill Coate
Sheriff had resolve
Madera County Historical Society In 1975 Sheriff Ed Bates was fighting for fuel for his patrol cars. The next year he was fighting...
Bill Coate
Shenanigans on board of supervisors
Madera County Historical Society Herman L. Crow began his business career in his father’s store in Berenda. He went on to become a...