Lost colony of roanoke

The "CRO" tree at the Lost Colony theater at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. Image courtesy of Flickr user Sarah Stierch.

A shroud of mystery surrounding the fate of more than 100 English colonists on North Carolina’s coast may finally be lifting, after the re-examination of a 16th-century map.

Most Americans know the story of the “Lost Colony.” The village of Roanoke was the one of the first English colonies to be established on the soil, however this village ended up shrouded in mystery... We began our study of the Lost Colony at the North Carolina History Museum in Raleigh. Here, you'll find three floors of artifacts and exhibits spanning from pre-colonization to modern day. The Governor of this colony was John White. The small population of Roanoke complained about their lack…

An archaeological dig has turned up possible artifacts from the lost Roanoke colony in Bertie County, suggesting some survivors moved inland.

Historian and author Scott Dawson joins Tim to talk about his team’s discovery of what actually happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island on the Outer Banks. He has spent the past 11 years working with a team of archaeologists, historians, botanists and geologists to try to uncover the truth behind the story of the Lost Colony.

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It looks like some new clues, pottery shards, have turned up in the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke.

The disappearance of the Roanoke Colony in the late 1500s is one of early America’s great mysteries. New clues have brought us closer to solving what happened.

The Outer Banks of North Carolina was home to the Lost Colony of Roanoke. We visited to learn about its role in US history.

The Roanoke Colony was the first English settlement in America. How the lost colony of Roanoke simply vanished has baffled us for centuries.