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Grahamstown

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Grahamstown city (1991 pop. 19,783), Eastern Cape, SE South Africa. It manufactures pottery and is the commercial center for a rich agricultural region. Founded in 1819 as a military post on Xhosa land, the Grahamstown area was the site of repeated conflict in the early 19th cent. Rhodes Univ. (1904) and the Albany Museum, with collections of prehistoric and natural history materials, are in the city. Author not available, GRAHAMSTOWN. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Grahamstown
Grahamstown (Afrikaans: Grahamstad; Xhosa: Rini), Eastern Cape/South AfricaGraham's Town Founded in 1812 by, and named after, Colonel John Graham, as a military frontier post opposite Xhosa territory. Read more
Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith
...He commanded a division in the Kafir War (1834-36), in which he made his famous ride of 700 mi (1,130 km) from Capetown to Grahamstown in less than six days. He was governor of the newly annexed frontier territory, named Queen Adelaide prov., from 1835 until... Read more

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