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Chip

Here is another one with two parts to it.
The well known road, the H2-2, is known as Voortrekker Pad/Road.
1) After what voortrekker (pioneer) was the road named?
2) As a child in the 1940's, I only knew the road as '...........................'. This name is recorded on old maps in my possession.

1934 (?) map

Hi Ndloti, long time no contact. Sorry, but I can't make out the name on your map. It doesn't appear to be the same name as I am referring to though. Would be interested to see a full and slightly larger map that you have. Could you PM me a copy? It would be really appreciated. I have a map that I thought came out in the 1940's, that doesn't show Tshokwane picnic spot. Is yours really from 1934?

Hello Chip . I received the photos of the map from another forumite .
You can enlarge the picture , have you tried simultaneously depressing the Ctrl key while turning the scrolling switch on the mouse ?
The name of the road is Trichardt road .
It is perhaps better to email you full size pics - send me your email address .

Hi Ndloti, thanks for your offer. I have sent you my e-mail address by PM. You must excuse me but I am an "old toppie" when it comes to PCs and I didn't know that you could enlarge pics as you described. Thanks for the tip.
To all forumites excluding Ndloti, to whom I gave the answer, the road's name I am looking for is not the Trichardt Pad.

Hi Chip, could it be Jock Road

I was named after a a Trichardt but not Louis

Wild guess. Delagoa road?

Good guess Rooies could be right

Duke Ellieton, I guess you have the same reference book as I do. You are nearly right though and so I will give the answer to you and you will be IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From the 1940's until I think the early 1950's, my family and I only knew the H2-2 as "The Jock of the Bushveld Road". The name was changed to "Voortrekker Pad/Road" when I was still in Primary school. We were disgusted to see a huge canvas banner stretched across the beginning of the road, just outside of Pretoriuskop Rest Camp, renaming it Voortrekker Pad/Road. J J Kloppers & Hans Bornman, in their book of place names in the Kruger Park, referred to an old name of "Jock Road", but I beg to differ. In Harry Wolhuter's book, 'Memories of a game ranger', first published in 1948, the inside cover has a map of the area and the road is marked "Jock of the Bushveld Road".

You are right regarding the second part of the question, namely that it was named after a Trichardt other than Louis. In fact it was named after CARL Trichardt, another Voortrekker who explored this route in the 1800's.

Go for it Duke

Thanks Chip

It must be great having memories of Kruger from back in the day

Now to go find a question - will find one by tomorrow.

Olifants camp opened on 3 June 1960 but Chip will tell you one could stay in Olifants camp way back in the 1950's

How is that possible?