Carolina (J9)

Name:Carolina

Google count:
Date:

Carolina is a town situated on the Johannesburg to Swaziland route in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. It is a mixed farming and on a small scale coal and precious stone mining community. Carolina was establish by Cornelius Coetzee as a permanent outspan for wagons when gold was discovered in 1883 in Barberton and named after his wife Carolina. Carolina was rebuilt after it was razed during the Second Boer War.

http://www.countryroads.co.za/content/carolina.html
Historic fact:

Other interesting info:

Where to stay:

Photos of the station 1996 http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/sa_stations/mpumalanga.html