On 27 December 1868, special magistrate Maximillian Jackson with a police contingent, was sent to act against the Griquas in the area.
The Griqua's anti-colonial resistance had erupted into an open conflict.
Jackson arrived in Kenhardt and set up camp under a giant camelthorn tree.

This has been for a long time the most remote settlement in the North-Western Cape.
With time the town developed from under this tree, becoming a municipality in 1909.
The Hartbees River, with its many sweet thorn trees, provides a green belt irrigated by the Rooiberg Dam.
Kenhardt is famous for being at the heart of the Dorper sheep-farming area.
On 27 December 1868, special magistrate Maximillian Jackson with a police contingent, was sent to act against the Griquas in the area. The Griqua's anti-colonial resistance had erupted into an open conflict. Jackson arrived in Kenhardt and set up camp under a giant camelthorn tree.
This has been for a long time the most remote settlement in the North-Western Cape. With time the town developed from under this tree, becoming a municipality in 1909. The Hartbees River, with its many sweet thorn trees, provides a green belt irrigated by the Rooiberg Dam. Kenhardt is famous for being at the heart of the Dorper sheep-farming area.
Kenhardt