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==History== A [[Voortrekker Fort|fort]] was established by a group of [[Voortrekker]]s under the leadership of [[Andries Hendrik Potgieter]] with the help of a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] merchant Gregorius Ohrig. The settlers arrived in [[1845 in South Africa|1845]] and were soon afterwards decimated by [[malaria]] and forced to abandon the area. Settlers only returned once the disease was under control. On the 14 May 1873, the area was proclaimed as a public gold field after the discovery of gold in the [[Selati River]]. The Voortrekker, Pieter Willem Prinsloo, who left the Cape between 20 June 1837 and the end of March 1838, registered a farm Dorenhoek in the Ohrigstad area on 16 March 1846.<ref>Visagie, Jan C. Voortrekkerstamouers 1835 - 1845. Protea Boekhuis. Pretoria. 2011. Page 406 - 407.</ref>
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