It’s time to throw in the towel on HSR
What are we to believe? The story that is spun by one of the most important state agencies changes so often that any announcement is...
Jim Glynn
Feb 3, 2018


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...
Bill Coate
Jan 31, 2018


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...
The Madera Tribune
Jan 27, 2018


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
Jan 24, 2018


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...
Bill Coate
Jan 10, 2018
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...
The Madera Tribune
Dec 8, 2017


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...
Bill Coate
Nov 28, 2017


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...
Jim Glynn
Nov 25, 2017









