This is another tale straight out of Arbor Vitae Cemetery, but it begins in the old Madera County Courthouse Museum.
For a long time it displayed an aging front page of a newspaper, which eloquently informed its readers that it was really old.
The frame that embraced this piece of Madera’s history and the stand on which it was displayed affirmed its importance. It was the centerpiece of the museum library because it is the oldest extant copy of the Madera Tribune. It was published on Aug. 1, 1892, just four months after the local paper was founded.