Eshowe yidolobha elidala elaqala ukuhlala abelungu baseYuropha KwaZulu.Template:Cn Igama elithi Eshowe kuthiwa lathola leli gama ngenxa yomsindo wesivunguvungu somoya oshaya khona, olinganiselwa kwisivinini esingu 4 km² ehlathini lemvelo elaziwa ngokuthi yihlathi le-Dlinza Forest, leli hlathi, yiyonanto egqame kakhulu ngaleli dolobha. Ngisho noma igama le dolobha lisuselwa olwimini lwesiZulu kodwa yigama lamahlamvana e-Xysmalobium, ishowe noma ishongwe. Namuhla iShowe yindawo yemakethe, enerediyasi elingana amakhilomitha angu 100 wendawo eyisikhongozeli phecelezi, icatchment area, kukhona izikhungo zezitolo ezimbili, isiteshi samabhasi esikhulu maphakathi nedolobha, kanye nesibhedlela esikhulu, kanye nezikole ezimbalwa. Ngonyaka ka1860 U-Cetshwayo, okwakuyinkosana yakwaZulu, wakha indawo yesizulu (kraal) lapha, kanti wabiza le ndawo ngokuthi kuseZiqwaqweni (indawo ehlala izigelekeqe). Kwasungulwa isiteshi se-mission Eshowe ngo 1861 ngemuva kokuba abelungu bethole imvume yeNkosi yamaZulu uCetshwayo, lesi siteshi se-mission sakhiwa ngabe- Norwegian missionary, ngaphansi koMfundisi u-Ommund Oftebro. Kamuva lesi siteshi sabizwa ngokuthi yi-KwaMondi Mission Station (indawo yeMondi) okuyigama lesiZulu, elanikezwa ku-Oftebro.