For The Madera Tribune
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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
Madera’s principal stood up to the Klan
From the Author’s Collection In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan experienced a revival and made its presence felt in communities all over 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
Revenge at the Hildreth Hotel
For The Madera Tribune This hotel was the centerpiece of the town of Hildreth. It is also the place where Harry Daniels got what was...
Bill Coate
Why was Madera founded?
For The Madera Tribune The Borden Hotel, shown here, marked the town of Borden. When the California Lumber Company decided not to end its...
For The Madera Tribune
National Day of the Deployed
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
Marion Masada survived incarceration
For The Madera Tribune Marion Masada talks with students in Valerie Shelton’s Historical Literacy class at MSHS. Marion Masada, an...
Bill Coate
Taking another look at a lynching
For The Madera Tribune S.W. Westfall,served two terms as Madera County Sheriff. He spent the better part of his first term in an...
