Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Bloemfontein

Founded by Major H. Douglas Warden in 1846 as a fort and residency, it became the seat of the British-administered Orange River Sovereignty (1848 - 54) and of the Orange Free State (an independent Boer republic formed in 1854). The failure of the Bloemfontein Conference

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