Bill Coate
Two mutineers didn’t last a year
Madera County Historical Society Capt. Russel Perry Mace, shown here, was a leader in creating Madera County from Fresno County in 1893....
Bill Coate
German POWs came to Madera
Madera County Historical Society From December 1944 to February 1946, German prisoners of war just like these shown here in Murdock,...
Bill Coate
What really went on at Kate’s Gallery?
Madera County Historical Society These Maderans at the First National Bank show some of the “respectable” side of town. Just behind this...
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Ambassador’s death brought tragedy
Madera County Historical Society When Frederick Hassaurek, American diplomat to France, died in 1885, his wife came back to America and...
Bill Coate
Opinion: The long history of Presidential rudeness
For The Madera Tribune Former U.S. President Grover Cleveland. It appears that the upcoming presidential campaigning for 2020 is going...
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Historical Society gift remembered
For The Madera Tribune Four years ago, the late Ed Gwartney received an unexpected birthday gift from Sheryl Berry, president of the...