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Major Israel M. Nunez

(1841-1906) Civil War veteran and stage line operator who in 1870 founded Stonewall, naming it for Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson. Major Nunez, who lived 2 miles south of town and had a family of 9 children, donated land in 1886 for Stonewall School No. 18.

30.2375° N, 98.6626° W

Where to Find It

at the entrance to Stonewall school at the corner of Loring St. and Peach St., Stonewall

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All 154 markers in Gillespie County

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