Edgar Eugene Vincent founded the Madera Mercury on March 21, 1885.
The combined paper was called the Madera News Tribune.
[1] After Lesher's death, Lesher Newspapers, Inc. sold the paper to U.S. Media, which then sold it to Pacific Sierra Publishing.
Pacific Sierra Publishing was about to shut down the paper in 2003, when it was sold to then editor Charles Doud, who formed the Madera Printing and Publishing Company, Inc. in 2004.
[1] On the newspaper's website, the paper cites a quote by conservative activist and consultant Stephen Frank, saying "The Madera Tribune is one of the last true conservative newspapers in California.