Bill Coate
Polio didn’t stop Madera Scouts
Photo courtesy of Pat Emmert Manning Keith Emmert, shown here in 1937 in his Scout uniform, was one of the leaders who went with a group...
Bill Coate
President ignored Constitution
For The Madera Tribune President Abraham Lincoln from Punch Magazine in 1865. John Merryman slept soundly on the night of May 25, 1861,...
Bill Coate
Daulton met violence more than once
Madera County Historical Society This photograph of Henry Clay Daulton was taken just before his death in 1893. Henry Clay Daulton, with...
Bill Coate
Giving downtown a new look
Madera County Historical Society This view of South Yosemite Avenue at D Street, taken circa 1910, shows the single-story Bank Saloon,...
Bill Coate
Berenda meant antelope — literally
Madera County Historical Society Berenda’s Vignolo Hotel, shown here in 1885, was a major stage stop for travelers. In the next year,...
Bill Coate
Jimmy Dixon gave it his all
Madera County Historical Society James Phillips Dixon. He was a family pioneer, and he couldn’t give up The story of how the Mordecai...