Muldersdrift Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== Muldersdrift is found on a ''drift'', a [[Ford (crossing)|ford]] offering a safe crossing point of the [[Crocodile River (Limpopo)|Crocodile River]].<ref name="Roode01">{{Cite news |url=http://roodepoortnorthsider.co.za/236151/history-of-150-year-old-drift-in-a-nutshell/ |title=History of 150-year-old Drift, in a nutshell |last=Fourie |first=Chantelle |date=16 January 2017 |publisher=Roodepoort Northsider |publication-date=11 October 2016 }}</ref> The river crossing point was on an old wagon route that lead from [[Pretoria]] in the north-east to [[Potchefstroom]] in the south-west.<ref name=Roode01/> The area was said to have been settled in 1840s as farmland and the area acquired its name in 1866 after the Mulder family when they camped close to the river when they were unable to across the ''drift'' due to flooding.<ref name=Roode01/> The spot would soon become an ''outspan'' (resting spot) site for horse and oxen on the wagon route and would attract a postmaster long before the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand.<ref name="Leyds">{{cite book | title=A History of Johannesburg: The Early Years | publisher=Nasional Boekhandel | author=Leyds, Gerald Anton | year=1964 | pages=318}}</ref>{{rp|4}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page