Roanoke colony

Has the mystery of the lost Roanoke colony been solved? A local expert appears to have dug up compelling evidence! The disappearance of 115 people in the

The Roanoke settlement is thought to have failed because it was poorly supplied and the colonists failed to ally with or befriend the Native peoples. Roanoke is referred to as the Lost Colony because of the mysterious disappearance of the settlers and the destruction of its buildings, giving birth to myths and conspiracy stories. However, historians contend that hardships and improved relations drove the colonists to assimilate with the Natives.

The disappearance of the Roanoke colony long remained one of the oldest unsolved mysteries in the United States. It all began back in 1587, when Sir ...

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

Explore the oldest mystery of colonial America.

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 Lost Colony of Roanoke – what an enduring mystery – for 431 years it has remained unsolved and fascinated Americans and the British, alike. An entire tourist industry has sprung up around the m…

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

Newer evidence places the Lost Colonists in Bertie County. Best evidence suggests they traveled a short distance to 42-mile long Hatteras Island. Their descendants are being DNA tested now.