Stonewall's History Destroyed in Blaze

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"I don't think there is anybody in town who won't be affected by this," Stonewall Mayor Ross Thompson said Sunday. "People were driving by after Remembrance Day (services) to pay their last respects."

It belonged to Samuel J. (Stonewall) Jackson, the town's founder, the owner of the limestone quarry and a mover and shaker in the province's history in the 1880s and 1890s. The town's name is reputedly taken from Jackson's nickname.

"I looked out my bedroom window and it was like standing in front of a wide-screen TV," he said. "All I could see was flames. The whole thing was flames. And it was strange because I reflected back on 9/11 when the towers collapsed."

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