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Did You Know?

Sannahspoort was the original name of the town Fauresmith in the Free State province. The town was established in 1848 on the farm Sannahspoort, named after the wife of a Griqua leader. In 1851, the name was changed to Fauresmith in honor of Reverend Philip Faure and Sir Harry Smith, the then Governor of the Cape Colony. The specific historical building from 1948 in Fauresmith is not well-documented; however, the town itself is known for its well-preserved 19th-century architecture, including the Dutch Reformed Church built in 1866 and the oldest Jewish cemetery in South Africa, dating to the 1850s. Fauresmith is also the location of the first railway line in the Free State, opened in 1880.

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