Bill Coate
Dr. Dow Ransom recorded D-Day
For The Madera Tribune Dr. Dow Ransom Jr. was serving on a destroyer in the Pacific during D-Day. On June 6, 1944, more than 150,000...
Bill Coate
Pete Cardoza: The passing of a legend
For The Madera Tribune Pete Cardoza is shown here riding his horse on Yosemite Avenue in 1961. This was a common practice for the...
Bill Coate
The Brammer Building still stands tall
For The Madera Tribune Brammer’s shoe store was a pioneer establishment on Yosemite Avenue that bent with the times and survived. It...
Bill Coate
O’Donnell went from Vineyard St. to Hollywood
For The Madera Tribune Walter “Spec” O’Donnell, the Madera boy who made Hollywood stand up and take notice. Born in 1911, he died in 1986...
For The Madera Tribune
The Final Toast
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
Bill Coate
Crappa Brothers had a busy place
For The Madera Tribune Frank Crappa is shown here standing on the far right. His brother, Joe Crappa is on the inside behind the counter....
Bill Coate
Taking a second look at a lynching
For The Madera Tribune This group of O’Neals citizens posed for this photograph in front of the Spring Valley School in 1895. The school...
For The Madera Tribune
The sister in-laws
Veterans’ Voices is a new column directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this...
