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  • Lonerock escapes destruction in this century

    Debbie Pappas|Updated Jul 25, 2024

    The little town of Lonerock escaped destruction this year but was not so lucky in the past. According to the Lebanon Express and The Fossil Journal, on the hottest day of the year in 1896, 106 degrees in the shade, a fire was started in a hotel by the 6-year-old son of the hotel keeper, Jack Andrews. The young boy allegedly set fire to a pile of clothes in a back room at 2:00pm. The hotel and furniture were consumed and due to a brisk wind flames carried to four other...

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