Eldoret - remembers when the streets were laid out in Eldoret it was suggested that the whips used by the transport riders should not be longer than 14 feet as the streets were not wide enough for longer whips.

EA Standard - 14th June 1961 - "1911 'Standard' - Among those who called, by invitation, at the Show Press Office were Mr and Mrs A. Cloete of Eldoret, Mr Cloete bringing with him a copy of the African Standard of March 1911. In it was a picture of Mr and Mrs Cloete senior, and their family of 8 children, 3 sons and 5 daughters, at the time when they came up from the Orange Free State to settle in Kenya. To accommodate the Cloete family and other colonists to the number of 60, the s.s. "Skramstad" was fitted up like an Atlantic cattle boat, the African Standard said. They came with stock of 100 horses, 120 cattle, 800 sheep and 8 wagons, plus luggage and other requisites. Diseases killed off most of this stock. The Cloete family took the train from Mombasa to Londiani and went to Eldoret by ox wagon, taking six days. They have farmed at Eldoret ever since. Mr Cloete's return to SA was after 39 years. He claims the same great grandfather as the famous SA author, Stuart Cloete. They met in Nairobi when the latter paid a visit to Kenya. ..............…..

A.C. Hoey says - "A prominent Afrikander of great charm was Mr Cloete who had the enterprise and the means to bring up from SA a large number of horses, mares, and a valuable herd of Afrikander cattle, but diseases took their toll and very considerable losses were incurred, and it was soon proved without doubt that no imported stock could survive in the district without efficient dipping and fencing.

Pioneers - Eldoret - Letter to Mr A. Cloete - Dear Anaak,  Yes, this long ago history you will have to show John de Waal, as he knows a lot about the things that happened then. Bon van Breda was pushed over the Portuguese Boundary by the English Forces in 1900 with other Burghers, as also John de Waal, but Bon managed to get away from the army and by slow stages arrived in Lourenço Marques. From there in early 1901 he took ship to Dar es Salaam and Mombasa. He worked sub-contracting somewhere near Nakuru. From there he joined a small party on a shooting expedition. They passed Eldama Ravine and on to the Plateau by native footpaths in 1901. In 1902, at the termination of the S.A. War, he went back and brought his two brothers, Dirk and Piet, with him in the middle of 1903. They applied and each received 10,000 acres. At the end of 1903 Dirk met Dad in Jo'burg and told him about the country. At the end of 1904 Dad and I came up, but the war with the Nandi was on. I stayed in Naivasha. ………… …In October 1905 my father and family arrived, also John de Waal in 1906 approx. One month after, Janie and Jan Viljoen came with their families. Together we trekked up to Nakuru with our stock, with untrained oxen. …… ……At the beginning of 1907 Dad and John de Waal and D and B van Breda took a trolley on the Sclater's Road, and that was the first wagon ever to be on the Plateau. Shortly after that I took our big wagon with Mother, Madge and Jos through. This was a very hard journey. So our family was the first to be on the Plateau as a family. ….. …..At the end of 1908 van Rensburg's trek came in. They all landed at Nakuru. After an expedition to the Plateau, they left early in 1909 (March approx.) I went with them, taking a load for us. From 1907, the first time we went up with the family, there was always one or other of us on the Plateau with the sheep and cattle ……. Ever Yours C.V. Cloete (C. Valerius 'Sonnie' Cloete)

Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Uasin Gishu Plateau - A. Cloete, Farm No. 902

Medals - Belfield's Scouts - Anacreon Cloete, No. 9542, Scout

Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Plateau South - Anacreon Cloete, Settler, Eldoret

KFA - Purchaser of Lease on the Trans Nzoia - 1913.

Red 31 - A. Cloete, Eldoret. Hut has Anacreon Cloete 1919 Sergoit