Bill Coate
History in the Week of Jan. 28
Madera County Historical Society Twenty-five years ago, Ed Gwartney drove the lead wagon into Courthouse Park to end a 26-day journey in...
The Madera Tribune
First stage drew raucous crowd
Madera County Historical Society The first visitors to Yosemite Valley traveled by stage, like the one shown in this 1880 photo in front...
Bill Coate
History in the Week of Jan. 21
Madera County Historical Society Twenty-five years ago, the Madera Wagon Train crossed the Colorado River into California. The local...
Bill Coate
History in the Week of Jan. 7
Madera County Historical Society On a foggy morning 25 years ago, Monroe teacher Ed Gwartney helped a group of 6th graders load one of...
The Madera Tribune
High speed rail, food stamps issue for locals
The Madera Tribune received the following comments online about Tribune articles and local happenings. Food stamp drug testing Wisconsin...
Bill Coate
Mordecai put Madera on the map
Madera County Historical Society In 1912, George W. Mordecai convinced the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to turn thumbs down on a...
Jim Glynn
Student travelers in trouble … again!
I suppose that college students can be forgiven for making a stupid choice or two when traveling to an exotic location outside the United...
John Rieping
Free smog repair set for Saturday
Valley Clean Air Now and San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District will host a free Tune In and Tune Up event at the pit lot of...