{"id":9,"date":"2025-05-25T11:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T11:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:38:00","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1024x780.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-1159\" style=\"width:356px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1024x780.png 1024w, https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-600x457.png 600w, https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-300x229.png 300w, 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line reached<\/div>            <div class=\"gm_read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/copper-train\/\" class=\"am__readmore am__read_more_link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"am_grid_col\">\n\t<div class=\"am_single_grid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"am_thumb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"am_cont\">\n            <h4 class=\"am__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/namaqua-people\/\">Namaqua People<\/a><\/h4>            <div class=\"am__excerpt\">Namaqua People<\/div>            <div class=\"gm_read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/namaqua-people\/\" class=\"am__readmore am__read_more_link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"am_grid_col\">\n\t<div class=\"am_single_grid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"am_thumb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"am_cont\">\n            <h4 class=\"am__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/steinkopf-in-1950s\/\">Steinkopf in 1950&#8217;s<\/a><\/h4>            <div class=\"am__excerpt\">The anthropologist Peter Carstens who published this photograph described describe Steinkopf of those years as:<\/div>            <div class=\"gm_read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/steinkopf-in-1950s\/\" class=\"am__readmore am__read_more_link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"am_grid_col\">\n\t<div class=\"am_single_grid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"am_thumb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"am_cont\">\n            <h4 class=\"am__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/namako-op\/\">NamaKo-op<\/a><\/h4>            <div class=\"am__excerpt\">Established in 1945 After this community co-operative was established it became the only local shop<\/div>            <div class=\"gm_read_more\"><a 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Mission Station at<\/div>            <div class=\"gm_read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/timeline\/\" class=\"am__readmore am__read_more_link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"am_grid_col\">\n\t<div class=\"am_single_grid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"am_thumb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"am_cont\">\n            <h4 class=\"am__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/indigenous-people-of-the-area\/\">Indigenous People of the Area<\/a><\/h4>            <div class=\"am__excerpt\">The Indigenous Inhabitants of the Area The original indigenous inhabitants of the region were the<\/div>            <div class=\"gm_read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steinkopf.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/indigenous-people-of-the-area\/\" class=\"am__readmore am__read_more_link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div 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