Colonial history of Bloemfontein
… land, after drought and locust infestations ravaged the Cape Colony. Sometime between 1820 and 1826, trek Boer farmer … settled in the area. Because these Boers were from the Cape Colony, they were still considered British subjects. … to the settlement. Warden's troops, known as the Cape Riflemen, arrived in Bloemfontein on 26 March 1846 and …