For The Madera Tribune Madera’s police force in 1947. Ernie Fernandez is on the far right. In 1947, Madera was pretty much a peaceful,...

The summer after I graduated from high school, and before I began college, I worked in a men's retail clothing store in downtown Atlanta....

Courtesy of the Coate Family Archives Johnny Coate. One brother was born just before Christmas, and the other was born just after...

For The Madera Tribune Charles and Julia Shinn in front of Peace Cabin. Change is coming, again, to one of Madera County’s most historic...

For The Madera Tribune Students research the Chinese cemetery near Borden. Richard C. Jay was a remarkable person. Among his many...

Madera Tribune File Photo Former Madera County Sheriff John Anderson. Sheriff John Anderson was born and raised in Williams, Calif. He...

For The Madera Tribune George Washington Mordecai met President Ulysses S. Grant on main street Madera. As the little town of Madera was...

For The Madera Tribune Captain Mace. An adventurer who rode with Kit Carson, scouted the West in search of buffalo, and mined for gold on...