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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 236. Not illustrated. Chapters: Johannesburg, Polokwane, Addis Ababa, Ramona, California, Nampa, Idaho, Rugby, North Dakota, Port Orchard, Washington, Sturgis, Kentucky, Hankinson, North Dakota, Monango, North Dakota, Kirkland, Washington, Brookside, Alabama, Minot, North Dakota, Oberon, North Dakota, Tuxedo Park, New York, Towner, North Dakota, Fort Duchesne, Utah, Verona, North Dakota, Bluffdale, Utah, Oakes, North Dakota, Ludden, North Dakota, Lidgerwood, North Dakota, Edgeley, North Dakota, Churchs Ferry, North Dakota, Bridal Veil, Oregon, Angelino Heights, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, Cordoba, Carlton, New South Wales, Ensley, Birmingham, Alabama, Trelew, Lake Creek, Oregon, Forty Mile, Yukon, Mitford, Alberta, Kaweah Colony, Bonnells Bay, New South Wales, Anthracite, Alberta, Castle Gate, Utah, Haedo, Buenos Aires Province, Alberti, Buenos Aires, Macdona, Texas, Standard Shaft, Pennsylvania, Granite, Iowa, Laboulaye, Cordoba, Akers, Missouri, Beloit, Iowa. Excerpt: Johannesburg - The farm where gold was first discovered in 1886.The region surrounding Johannesburg was originally inhabited by San tribes. By the 1200s, groups of Bantu-speaking peoples started moving southwards from central Africa and encroached on the indigenous San population. By the mid 1700s, the broader region was densely settled by various Sotho-Tswana communities (one linguistic branch of Bantu-speakers), whose villages, towns, chiefdoms and kingdoms stretched from what is now Botswana in the west, to present day Lesotho in the south, to the present day Pedi areas of the northern Transvaal. More specifically, the stone-walled ruins of Sotho-Tswana towns and villages are scattered around the parts of the former Transvaal in which Johannesburg is situated. The Sotho-Tswana practiced farming, raised cattle, sheep and goats, and extensively mined...
