A town is laid out on De Claar Stroom, and named Petersburg for Petrus Oosthuizen
1858–4 August 1860 · district · Klaarstroom
Soon after Meiringspoort opened in 1858 the ground was surveyed and 27 erven measured out; the first sold on 4 August 1860. The loan farm ran from Middelwater to Vrolikheid. The ground was Petrus Oosthuizen's, and the village was called Petersburg for him; he and his BROTHER OCKERT enforced its stipulations. The erven were sold WITHOUT riparian rights - 'dry erven' - because the buyers meant to live off the traffic through the poort, not off the land. [TO VERIFY - local history] The ground is PAR-000097, Klaarstroom No. 178.
Who is on record here
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Ground it happened on
Sources
- Rose Willis and Doreen Atkinson, with Judy Maguire and Bruce Rubidge, "Klaarstroom: Ancient place of clear waters" (Karoo Cameos, 2021) Karoo Cameos, 2021