America's lost colony

[Peter1469]

One of the greatest American mysteries- what happened to the Roanoke Colony? Historians now think that the survivors abandoned the colony and assimilated with the natives.

The search began when an anxious Englishman named John White waded ashore on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island 425 years ago this month. Appointed governor of the fledgling Roanoke colony by Sir Walter Raleigh, White was returning from England with desperately needed supplies.

But when he stepped ashore on August 18, 1590, he found the settlement looted and abandoned. The vanished colonists had left behind only two clues to their whereabouts: the word “Croatoan” carved on a prominent post and “Cro” etched into a tree.



Ever since, explorers, historians, archaeologists, and enthusiasts have sought to discover the fate of the 115 men, women, and children who were part of England’s first attempt to settle the New World. Efforts to solve America’s longest running historical mystery, dubbed the Lost Colony, produced dozens of theories but no clear answers.

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[Captain Obvious]

There's a museum of sorts on Manteo Island in Dare, NC that's centered around the Lost Colony. They do stage productions depicting I guess what are only theories of what happened. Local college kids do the production. There is also an adjacent fairly extensive outdoor garden themed on Virginia Dare. I've probably been to both 20 times at least, maybe more.

[Common Sense]

Apparently they were in purgatory? I was so confused.

[PolWatch]

My people! Sir John White is like my 18th grandfather. There have been lots of articles about them joining a tribe...reports of tribes with blue eyes in the area. Husband has Mayflower kin...I tell him they are late arrivals!