Bill Coate
Italian immigrants gave up a son
For The Madera Tribune The Ferretti family. Eugenio Ferretti and Maria Ceccarelli were married in 1920 in Marlia in the Italian Province...
Bill Coate
Madera’s schools march to a different drumbeat
For The Madera Tribune Captain Russel Perry Mace, an early president of Madera’s school board stands in the middle of the student body at...
Bill Coate
Three cousins remember their heritage
For The Madera Tribune The Madera Baking Company, circa 1930, was located on F Street (Gateway Drive) between Yosemite Avenue and 5th...
Bill Coate
Madera Method students dig up Mexican hero’s past
Wikimedia Commons/For The Madera Tribune Benito Pablo Juárez Garcia. Editors: Carolina Bojorquez, Bella Doan, Daniel Garcia, Danna Reyes,...
Bill Coate
Madera’s 1947 Old Timers Day Parade
For The Madera Tribune A standout from the 1947 Old Timers Day Parade. Every community has something that makes it unique. Some towns...
Bill Coate
Law and order under fire
For The Madera Tribune Chowchilla bank robber Earl McCrory (left) sits with Sheriff John Barnett at the site where he buried the cash he...
Bill Coate
The beginnings of a Madera hero
For The Madera Tribune The Dow Ransom house on C Street. One of Madera’s most productive generations was made up of its citizens who were...
Bill Coate
The Hensley’s family affair
For The Madera Tribune Olive Hensley is shown here with her sons Leonard and Earl and her husband; We are just not sure which husband,...
