Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: The town of Somerset East by The Firefly Photo Files: The town of Somerset East lies in the southern Karoo Heartland at the foot of the Boschberg mountain. Somerset East was established by Lord Charles Somerset in 1815 as an experimental farm to provide meat and fresh produce to the soldiers on the Eastern Frontier. The site was chosen over sites in the Gamtoos Valley and Swartkops Valley. The farm was named Somerset … [Read more...] about The town of Somerset East – Featured Blog
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Somerset East’s beautiful Beaufort Street – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Somerset East's beautiful Beaufort Street by The Firefly Photo Files: I spent a day in Somerset East recently just driving around town and visiting some of the historic building and attractions. At first I thought about just doing one post featuring it all, but because there wasn't really a story to my visit (other than the fact that I was actually there for a Karoo Heartland meeting but couldn't help but going sightseeing) I … [Read more...] about Somerset East’s beautiful Beaufort Street – Featured Blog
