Springbok Lodge & Restaurant
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The History of Springbok - Timeline
Foundation
The largest of these shafts, on which he carved his initials, has been declared a national monument and is a great tourist attraction. Van der Stel sent scouts to the west coast to look for a suitable harbour for the ships that would one day load his copper, but received reports that the coastline was so smooth and unbroken that there was no suitable bays or inlets. The scouting expedition had ridden back and forth the very area where 241 years later the richest diamond deposits in the world would be discovered – Vigiti Magna had lain.
A land of Riches
Settlers
Prosperity
When richer deposits of copper were discovered at Okiep S km to the north of Springbok and at Nababeep 19 km to the north-west, the little village of Springboktontein suffered a reversal and its development was arrested.
Cape Copper Company
Many an old-timer of Springbok used to recall how, as a child he had helped to load the heavy logs of noenieboom (Boscia species) and olienhout (Olea africana) onto the wagons. The smelting furnace was declared a national monument in 1959.
Town Management
Growth
Water Supply
The Stone Church
“Den God der Wondren alleen de eer. Gemeente
gesticht 1830, Kerk voltooid 1921. Nageslachten!
Zicht wat eendracht onder Gods zegen kan doen.”
You realize that the primary motive for building this church was the settlement of Christianity and civilisation in this beautiful but harsh interior of an untouched land many days a journey from civilisation. Even more you realize that this is simultaneously the heart and mind of the culture of a developing nation.
Pachypodium namaquanum
Or ‘Half Man’ a plant unique to the Richtersveld area. The head of this plant always faces North. The name arises from the Nama folklore. according to which, their ancestors were driven Southwards by a warlike tribe. Rather like Lot’s wife in the Old Testament, the exiles who yearned for their homeland were transformed into these tall, strange succulents.