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October 14, 2026 • Bill Coate

Madera’s 20th century makers and shakers

As 1900 dawned in Madera its residents were ready for the 20th century, due in part to the coterie of indomitable pioneers that had gathered...
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October 7, 2026 • Bill Coate

Sheriff Young left quite a record

Marlin Young was the 10th sheriff of Madera County. He began his service in 1955. Seven years later, in 1962, he compiled a 45-page “Progress...
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October 3, 2026 • Bill Coate

Fresno’s first glimpse of Madera

Oct. 11, 1876 — Fresno Expositor MADERA — The new town laid out by the California Lumber Company in this county [Fresno], at the point...
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September 30, 2026 • Bill Coate

Madera High School: A short history

In the summer of 1893, two women with an abundance of public spirit, Mrs. R.P. Mace and a Mrs. Wear, circulated a petition calling for...
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September 26, 2026 • Bill Coate

Madera Unified reaches 60

The California gold rush was still in its infancy when Californians sat down to write their state constitution in 1849, and even in those rough...
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September 23, 2026 • Bill Coate

Stagecoach travel was not for faint of heart

It seems so far in the distant past, and yet it hasn’t really been all that long since the only method of transportation from Madera...
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September 19, 2026 • Bill Coate

Civil War soldier’s lonely goodbye

This is a rather sad story. It’s about a man who took up arms to fight in the Civil War. He survived, settled in Madera...
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September 16, 2026 • Bill Coate

Lincoln School lives again

On June 4, 1910, members of the Madera School Board determined to explore the possibility of building another school on the West side of town....
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September 12, 2026 • Bill Coate

Meat cleaver put cook in hot water

Madera’s first Chinese residents came here from the town of Borden. They had arrived at that spot in 1872 with the laying of the Southern...
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September 9, 2026 • Bill Coate

Lumber flume meant work and fun

During the 33-year existence of the flume, which gave birth to Madera, more than one billion feet of lumber, floated down the big trough from...
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