Bill Coate
From Jim Crow to Civil Rights
For The Madera Tribune Dr. Albert Wilburn was among the African-Americans featured in a Madera Method history project that told the Black...
For The Madera Tribune
USAF celebrates birthday
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
Remembering Judge Crocker
For The Madera Tribune Madera County Superior Court Judge, M.D. Crocker. Crocker was the county’s third superior court judge. Not long...
Bill Coate
Madera and the faith healer
The Madera Tribune File Photo Faith Healer Avak Hagopian, center. Krikor Arakelian is a name that will always be remembered in Madera. As...
Bill Coate
The massacre at Burton’s bar
For The Madera Tribune In 1890, L.O. Sharp, shown here on the right, was Madera’s postmaster. Thirteen years earlier, as a constable, he...
Christy Lopez
Remembering 9/11: A day of reflection, unity
Each year, September 11 serves as a solemn reminder of the events that unfolded in 2001, marking a pivotal moment in modern history. On...
For The Madera Tribune
September 11 is Patriot Day
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes in the United States. Two planes were...
Bill Coate
How an arrow wound kept Dr. Leach in the Valley
For The Madera Tribune Dr. Lewis Leach. For thousands of years, Native Americans held a monopoly on the land that is now the San Joaquin...
