Amersfoort (J10) 30

Name:Amersfoort

Google count: 29 600
Date: 25/06/08

Historic fact:

Historical extract from the book "Country Towns of the Transvaal".

"The go-ahead little settlement of Amersfoort originally founded as a "kerkplaats" by the Reverend Lion Cachet (whose name betrays his Huguenot extraction), is dependant for its prosperity on the wool trade, which is carried on in a brisk and bustling fashion. Before the late war it was a neat, thriving, stone-built "dorp" but was burnt out and destroyed during the course of military operations, and has since been in the process of re-building, repairing, and general restoration. As the business of restocking the farms and re-organising the farming industry is bound to be tedious, the population of Amersfoort may be said to have been undergoing a period of unusual depression, but there are good hopes of a speedy improvement and a resumption of former prosperity."

http://www.amersfoort.org.za/modules.php?name=Stucky_Content&func=findid&link_name=History
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Other interesting info:

Amersfoort Town site. ... If you have pictures of Amersfoort please e-mail them to webmaster@amersfoort.org.za to add them to the gallery. ...
www.amersfoort.org.za/

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Rail Story: Amersfoort (89 km from Bethal on Volksrust line) There is a grain silo at the station but the line is not currently in operation.

http://mpumalanga.zularock.co.za/mp/rail/24.xml