KROONSTAD  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange See also:

• RIVER

River See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony, 127 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N.E. of See also:

• BLOEMFONTEIN

Bloemfontein and 13o m . S.W. of See also:

• JOHANNESBURG

Johannesburg . Pop . (1904), 7191, of whom 3708 were whites . Kroonstad lies 4489 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea and is built on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Valsch River, a perennial tributary of the See also:

• VAAL

Vaal . It is a busy town, being the centre of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich agricultural See also:

• DISTRICT

district and of the See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond and See also:

• COAL

coal-See also:

• MINING

mining See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western parts of the colony . It is also a favourite residential See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and resort of visitors from Johannesburg . It enjoys a healthy See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, affords opportunities for boating rare in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, and boasts a See also:

• GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf-links . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• BUILDING

building is the Dutch Reformed See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church in the centre of the See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market square . On the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Bloemfontein by the See also:

• BRITISH

British during the Anglo-See also:

• BOER

Boer See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1899-1902 Kroonstad was chosen by the Orange See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Boers as the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the state, a dignity it held from the 13th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March to the 11th of May 1900 . On the following See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day the town was occupied by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ROBERTS, DAVID (1796-1864)
• ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS, EARL

Roberts . The linking of the town in 1906 with the See also:

• NATAL

Natal See also:

• SYSTEM

system made the route via Kroonstad the shortest railway connexion between Cape Town and See also:

• DURBAN

Durban .

Another See also:

• LINE

line goes N.W. from Kroonstad to See also:

• KLERKSDORP

Klerksdorp, passing (17 See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles) the See also:

• LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

Lace diamond mine and (45 miles) the coal mines at Vierfontein .