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<\/p>\nAfter\u00a0 brunch at the Cattle Baron in \u00a0Skukuza village, actually on our way to collect some information for a geocache, we stumbled upon \u00a0the library with the little hero acre in front of it.<\/p>\n
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Here pets who served with their masters are remembered.\u00a0 Some died of old age and some died in the line of duty \u2013 defending their master and the Park. Here\u00a0 Spotty, Lappies,\u00a0 Percy, Hebet, Tessa and many more rest\u00a0 in peace and are remembered by way of commemorative stones. \u00a0However the legendary Jock of the Bushveld\u00a0 that also traversed Kruger with Sir Percy Fitzpatrick you will not find here.<\/p>\n
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Tucked away under a thatched roof we found a well-stocked library with books ranging from law to French dictionaries, to all sorts of science and reference books as well as all the major daily newspapers. \u00a0 Must say the comfy leather chairs in the cooled room looked very inviting to me in the sweltering and humid conditions.\u00a0\u00a0 What an elegant place to escape the heat outside!<\/p>\n
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But on to the Stevenson-Hamilton museum to sharpen those history facts.\u00a0 The small museum adjacent to the library gives an interesting overview of the history and all the major role players in the establishment and development of Kruger Park. \u00a0Amongst others I have learned that In 1927 the first three tourist cars entered the Park at a cost of \u00a31 each.<\/p>\n
My husband, \u00a0being a direct descendant of one of the Voortrekker families, really enjoyed reading\u00a0 the interesting titbits of Louis Tregardt and his son, Karel Tregardt, and their\u00a0 treks <\/em>\u00a0in the Lowveld and through the Park area.\u00a0 As we have a copy of Louis Tregardt\u2019s \u00a0(Trichardt) diary my contribution to a bit of useless information is that he had dyslexia and spelled his surname in six different ways of which Triegaardt is still the closest to the original version.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"