Nancy Simpson
Why we use the Gregorian Calendar
We are at the beginning of a New Year, and as we celebrate the arrival of 2025, we may want to visit how our calendar came to be, and...
Bill Coate
Boy delivered the Tribune on horseback
For The Madera Tribune This temper tantrum thrown by the Fresno River in 1958 was nothing compared to its rage in 1938 when it left its...
Bill Coate
How an arrow wound kept Dr. Leach in the Valley
For The Madera Tribune Dr. Louis Leach. For thousands of years Native Americans held a monopoly on the land that is now the San Joaquin...
Bill Coate
Richard Thomas: Madera’s 3rd fallen police officer
For The Madera Tribune Officer Denny Shannon, shown here was a pallbearer for Officer Richard Thomas who had been shot while...
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
A voice from ‘Schindler’s List’
For The Madera Tribune The Leyson family before their move to Krakow. Leon Leyson was born on Sept. 15, 1929, in the tiny village of...
Bill Coate
Daulton is famous name in cattle industry
For The Madera Tribune Henry Clay Daulton I. [From the 1955 archives of the Madera Tribune] • • • One of the oldest names in the...
Bill Coate
Tragedy tugged at nation’s heartstrings
For The Madera Tribune More than 50 years ago, these 10 Madera children were orphaned when their parents, Robert and Joyce Morris were...