Chuck Doud
The approaching storm
We haven’t been hearing much lately about the High-speed rail scheme that gives us confidence that the project will ever be finished, or...
Jim Glynn
It’s time to throw in the towel on HSR
What are we to believe? The story that is spun by one of the most important state agencies changes so often that any announcement is...
Bill Coate
History in the Week of Jan. 28
Madera County Historical Society Twenty-five years ago, Ed Gwartney drove the lead wagon into Courthouse Park to end a 26-day journey in...
The Madera Tribune
First stage drew raucous crowd
Madera County Historical Society The first visitors to Yosemite Valley traveled by stage, like the one shown in this 1880 photo in front...
Bill Coate
History in the Week of Jan. 21
Madera County Historical Society Twenty-five years ago, the Madera Wagon Train crossed the Colorado River into California. The local...
Bill Coate
History in the Week of Jan. 7
Madera County Historical Society On a foggy morning 25 years ago, Monroe teacher Ed Gwartney helped a group of 6th graders load one of...
The Madera Tribune
High speed rail, food stamps issue for locals
The Madera Tribune received the following comments online about Tribune articles and local happenings. Food stamp drug testing Wisconsin...
Bill Coate
Mordecai put Madera on the map
Madera County Historical Society In 1912, George W. Mordecai convinced the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to turn thumbs down on a...
