Wolhuter's Restplace Multi-Cache
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Micro at White River Cemetry.
White River is a town near the Kruger National Park and because the Park is such a great place to visit, I decided to place a cache near the last rest place of the most famous Game Ranger of the Park. He wrote his experiences and adventures in his book, Memories of a Game Ranger.
Henry Christoffel (Harry) Wolhuter was born in Beaufort West on 1876/02/14. After he left school at the age of 14 and gone to Johannesburg to work in a trading store, his parents moved to White River where he joined them later to assist them with their farming and trading store near Legogote, about 10km north east of White River on the Spioenkop road.
During the Anglo Boer War (1899-1902), he joined the famous Steinaecker’s Horse, a military unit which patrolled the then Sabie Game Reserve and the railroads between Komatipoort and Nelspruit.
After the war, the newly appointed Warden of the Sabie Game Reserve, major James Stevenson-Hamilton, offered him the post of ranger. He chose Pretoriuskop as his section and his hut can still be seen at Pretoriuskop rest camp.
And so began the life and career of the famous first game ranger in the Kruger National Park who had many adventures and near death experiences, but also went to great lengths for the conservation and development of the Park.
Harry married Alice M. Webster and had only one child, Henry Charles Wolhuter, who followed in his father’s footsteps and was appointed as game ranger after his father’s retirement. He died of emphysema on 1964/12/14.
Harry retired at the end of April 1946 at the age of 69 and settled on his farm Lindandene just outside White River. He died on 30 January 1964 at the age of 88 years and was buried in White River cemetery.
Above co-ordinates will take you to the grave of Harry Wolhuter. The last digit of his grave nr. will give you A.
Please make sure about the grave of the correct HC Wolhuter.
The cache is at the following co-ordinates:
S 25°19,4A7’
E 31°01,A15’.
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Arkg gb gur jnyy.