Bill Coate
Madera’s 20th century makers and shakers
For The Madera Tribune Dr. Dow Ransom. As 1900 dawned in Madera its residents were ready for the 20th century, due in part to the coterie...
Bill Coate
The last hurrah for steamboats on the San Joaquin
For The Madera Tribune The last steamboats in Madera. As one leaves Madera County, traveling south across the Herndon Bridge at the San...
Bill Coate
Slinging political mud
For The Madera Tribune This cartoon ran during the 1884 presidential election, showing that political mudslinging is not a modern...
Bill Coate
Lest we forget
For The Madera Tribune Many students from Madera High School left their classes to join the Army in World War I. World War I. Slowly but...
Bill Coate
Marshal wrestled a legless opponent
For The Madera Tribune Sheriff John Barnett, 2nd from the right, was a fearless lawman, but he almost met his match when he tangled with...
Bill Coate
History of the World from student bloopers; part 2
For The Madera Tribune Spring Valley School. (Collected from actual student papers). One of the causes of the Revolutionary War was the...
Bill Coate
The world, according to student bloopers
For The Madera Tribune Eastiside School. One of the fringe benefits of being an English or History teacher is receiving the occasional...
Bill Coate
The queen of Bethard Square
For The Madera Tribune From left to right, Emma Josephine Bethards, her grandmother Josephine Eugenia Lentz Bethards, and Millie Ellen...
