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Date: n.d. Type: Homestead Status: Ruin

The Voortrekker leader, Piet RETIEF, lived here until he left the Cape Colony. He was the contractor on the nearby Post Retief. After he left the farm was taken over by Ann Edwards and the ruined walls of her house stand nearby. Transcription of Historic Monument Committee plaque: PIET RETIEF SE HUIS DIE VOORTREKKER PIET RETIEF HET VAN 1833 AF TOT BEGIN 1837 TOE HY UIT DIE KAAP KOLONIE GETREK HET, HIER GEWOON. SY HUIS HET OP HIERDIE PLEK GESTAAN. Historiese Monumentkomitee HOUSE OF PIET RETIEF THE VOORTREKKER LEADER PIET RETIEF LIVED HERE FROM 1833 UNTIL EARLY IN 1837 WHEN HE LEFT THE CAPE COLONY. HIS HOUSE STOOD ON THIS SITE Historic Monument Committee 1965