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	The Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony - History
		James, in fact, clearly intended the Roanoke Island colony to be a permanent settlement, a model that would be emulated throughout the South.
		Work in the colony presented Northern missionary teachers from the American Missionary Association and the New York branch of the National Freedman’s Relief Association with a grand opportunity to put into practice ideas about abolition and evangelicalism that had been simmering in New England for almost forty years.
		The colony was a trial run for some significant ideas-free universal public education, small freeholding, wage labor-that could have drastically altered society and culture in late nineteenth-century North Carolina and the South in general.
	www.roanokefreedmenscolony.com /history.html (900 words)

	Roanoke Colony - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in America, explored in 1584 by English navigators Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe, who were...
		The Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island in Dare County in present-day North Carolina was an enterprise financed and organized by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 16th century to...
		The Colony At Roanoke, presented in The National Center for Public Policy Research's Archive of Historical Documents...
	encarta.msn.com /Roanoke_Colony.html (180 words)

	Roanoke Colony - MSN Encarta
		Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in America, explored in 1584 by English navigators Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe, who were subsidized by Sir Walter Raleigh.
		Amadas and Barlowe found Roanoke Island between Albemarle Sound and Pamlico Sound in present-day North Carolina and considered it suitable for a colony.
		Roanoke Colony was situated in the colony of Virginia, which was named in honor of Elizabeth, the virgin queen, and so the baby was named Virginia Dare.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761591228/Roanoke_Colony.html (482 words)

	Roanoke Island information - Search.com
		Upon arrival at Roanoke, however, the fleet's navigator, Simon Fernandez, refused to transport the colony further than the Outer Banks, claiming that continuing to the bay would delay his return to England into the North Atlantic storm season, thereby risking the fleet.
		The end of the 1587 colony is unrecorded (leading to its being known as the "Lost Colony"), and there are multiple theories on the fate of the colonists.
		The Lumbee, an indigenous people living to the southwest of Roanoke Island in present-day Robeson, Scotland, Hoke, and Cumberland counties, North Carolina, were purported to be the descendants of some of the "Lost Colony" settlers.
	webshots.search.com /reference/Roanoke_Island?redir=1 (2545 words)

	Roanoke Island Colony
		On Roanoke Island the Englishmen were entertained, with a refined hospitality, by the mother of King Wingina (who was absent); and wherever they went, friendship was the rule.
		John White was appointed governor of the colony, with eleven assistants, and late in April, 1587, a squadron of three ships, fitted out at Raleigh's expense, sailed for the Chesapeake Bay, where the proprietor intended to plant his farming settlement.
		It was conjectured that the faithful Lord of Roanoke had saved their lives, and when they seemed to be abandoned by their countrymen, they had been incorporated with a native tribe and amalgamated with them.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/roanokei_dc.html (2175 words)

	Roanoke Colony Half Dollar
		The story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island is a sobering reminder of how risky a journey to the New World was in the 16th Century.
		In remembrance of the 350th anniversary of the Roanoke Island settlement, the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association was formed.
		Roanoke halves were distributed in white, cardstock holders that could accommodate up to five coins.
	www.coinsite.com /content/Commemoratives/Roanoke.asp (1210 words)

	Johns Hopkins Magazine
		Colonial officials knew there were survivors but found the lie of their murder more expedient.
		Twelve miles long and three miles wide, Roanoke Island (not to be confused with the city of Roanoke, Virginia) is wedged between the Outer Banks and the mainland of North Carolina.
		Roanoke would be an excellent base for English raiders to use in the harassment of Spanish shipping, and Walsingham wanted control of it for his strategy against Spain.
	www.jhu.edu /~jhumag/1101web/roanoke.html (4230 words)

	The Lost Colony of Roanoke
		A letter to Richard Hakluyt, geographer and historian, written by Lane from the settlement on Roanoke Island indicated that the Governor of Virginia was impressed by the "huge and unknowen greatnesse" of the American continent.
		An act of 1723 regarding a proposed town on Roanoke Island speaks of "300 Acres of Land lying on the No. E't side of the said Island, commonly called Roanoke old plantation," thus suggesting that at that date the northeastern part of the island was regarded as the scene of Raleigh's settlements.
		On April 30, 1894, the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association purchased the fort and 10 acres of surrounding land for memorial purposes.
	www.archercousins.com /ArcherAssn/lostcolony (5271 words)

	The Lost Colony of Roanoke (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Atlantic Ocean is less than ten miles away from Roanoke on it's eastern coast, but direct contact with the ocean is impeded by a strip of land called Bodie Island, which is part of the Outer Banks.
		However it was not until March 25, 1584 when the significant history of Roanoke was made with the re-issuing of the charter to Sir Walter Raleigh.
		Due to the lack of interest in Roanoke by investors and Raleigh, White was unsuccessful in his attempt.
	hometown.aol.com /jparr53328/roanoke.html (1479 words)

	The Lost Colony of Roanoke
		The Atlantic Ocean is less than ten miles away from Roanoke on it's eastern coast, but direct contact with the ocean is impeded by a strip of land called Bodie Island, which is part of the Outer Banks.
		However it was not until March 25, 1584 when the significant history of Roanoke was made with the re-issuing of the charter to Sir Walter Raleigh.
		Due to the lack of interest in Roanoke by investors and Raleigh, White was unsuccessful in his attempt.
	members.aol.com /jparr53328/roanoke.html (1479 words)

	The Lost Roanake (Roanoke) Colony
		In 1587, a colony of 114 men, women, and children became one of the earliest attempts to colonize the new world - America.
		The colony, led by John White, settled on Roanake Island, near Virginia.
		Roanoke Island on TV If you watched Stephen Kings 'Storm of the Century' you may have noticed the reference to the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
	www.spartechsoftware.com /dimensions/vanished/LostColony.htm (462 words)

	Colony at Roanoke - 1586
		The first English Colony of Roanoke, originally consisting of 100 householders, was founded in 1585, 22 years before Jamestown and 37 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, under the ultimate authority of Sir Walter Raleigh.
		This Colony was run by Ralph Lane after Sir Richard Grenville, who had transported the colonists to Virginia, returned to Britain for supplies.
		This foreshadowed one of the great mysteries of North America, Roanoke's so-called "Lost Colony" of 90 men, 17 women and 9 children, founded in 1587 and discovered to be missing in 1590, but for the word "Croatan" carved on a post.
	www.nationalcenter.org /ColonyofRoanoke.html (668 words)

	What happened to the lost colony of roanoke
		White, who was the governor of the colony, went ashore, hoping to find 113 people, among them his daughter Eleanor; her husband, Ananias Dare; and their child, White's granddaughter, Virginia.
		Croatoan Island was south of Roanoke Island, and Chesapeake Bay to the north.
		It was decided that Roanoke Island was inadequate to grow crops for the colonists, so it was planned to settle them north of the Island in the Chesapeake Bay area.
	nj.essortment.com /lostcolonyofr_rmhw.htm (1447 words)

	Roanoke Revisited - Heritage Education Program - Fort Raleigh National Historic Site - National Park Service - Cape ...
		The Roanoke Colonies Research Office, which acts as a clearinghouse for information related to all aspects of study regarding the Roanoke Colonies including such fields of study as anthropology, American studies, archaeology, biology, history, geography, literature and Native American studies, is a good website to visit for the serious student.
		While the Roanoke colonies were being planted, plots to place the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne were uncovered.
		Additionally, an arts-based approach to the study of the Roanoke colonies can expand and enlighten the student in his or her understanding and appreciation of the peoples who began an English-speaking America.
	www.nps.gov /fora/roanokerev.htm (2171 words)

	THE LOST COLONY: Roanoke Island, NC ~ Packet by Eric Hause: Articles about the Outer Banks NC and the Mainland
		Roanoke Island, NC The image is one of the most haunting in American folklore: Eleanor Dare cradling her infant daughter as they struggle through a vast wilderness, seemingly forgotten by her father who brought them to an unfamiliar land, then left them to fend for themselves.
		By the time the caravan arrived at Roanoke Island in July, 1587, to check on the 15 men left behind a year earlier, he had grown impatient with the White and anxious to resume the hunt for Spanish shipping.
		Today, the north end of Roanoke Island is regularly visited by historians and archaeologists hoping to uncover new evidence as to the fate of the colony.
	www.coastalguide.com /packet/lostcolony-croatan.shtml (1833 words)

	The Lost Colony
		The legend of Roanoke Island has been passed down from generation to generation since 1590 when a group of 120 English settlers mysteriously vanished.
		In the late 1500s, the English made their first attempts to settle in North America on Roanoke Island, which is off the coast of North Carolina.
		In 1587, a second colony was founded on Roanoke.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/nc/roanoke_1 (201 words)

	roanoke
		Roanoke is located on the NE coast of North Carolina.
		It was found that close to the time the colonists were on Roanoke Island, the area was experiencing a severe drought.
		To determine this theory, trees from this period on Roanoke Island and surrounding areas were examined.
	si.unm.edu /si2002/NICOLE/TIM_0004/ROA_000C.HTM (952 words)

	Lost Colony
		Roanoke Island was the site of the first attempt at English colonization in what would become the United States.
		More than one attempt to establish a permanent settlement was made before the colony of Roanoke was "lost".
		roanoke • colony • colonists • english • drake
	www.suite101.com /reference/lost_colony (390 words)

	Drought: A Paleo Perspective -- Lost Colony and Jamestown Drought
		Roanoke Island, located off the NE coast of North Carolina, is some 12 miles long and 3 miles wide.
		The first group of colonists landed on Roanoke Island in August of 1585 but, returned to England a year later, in 1586.
		A second group of colonists, arriving in 1587, mysteriously disappeared and not a single colonist was found by the time additional supplies were brought from England in 1591.
	www.ncdc.noaa.gov /paleo/drought/drght_james.html (269 words)

	The Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony - Preview
		Partial lists of freedmen who were living in the colony in January 1866 and the winter of 1866-1867, linked below, provide some names of colonists who left the island, as well as their intended destinations in eastern North Carolina or Virginia.
		Descendants of colonists who remained on Roanoke Island have established an organization to preserve the history of the colony.
		The First Light of Freedom monument, dedicated to the Roanoke Island freedmen's colony, was unveiled on September 14, 2001.
	www.roanokefreedmenscolony.com /descend.html (150 words)

	History of the Roanoke Colony
		It recounts the history of the Roanoke voyages as part of The Colonial American Gazette, written and edited by Heather A. Buettner.
		Melanie Nixon, "The Lost Colony at Roanoke": Discusses the settling of the colony, who was involved, and the discovery of it’s abandonment.
		Shelley Seifarth, "The Lost Colony of Roanoke": A detailed account of the most noteworthy events, thoughts, issues, and people surrounding the colony.
	www.ecu.edu /rcro/links/history.html (693 words)

	Native Peoples magazine
		In August 1587, a group of 112 English colonists, including two pregnant women, arrived at Roanoke Island, a spit of land located in what is now known as the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to found the second European colony on the east coast of the Americas (a previous colony in the same area failed).
		“Our main hypothesis is that the Lost Colony moved into the mainland with the Croatoans and assimilated,” says Fred Willard, founder of the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research, an organization that has focused its research on the ancestry of modern Native Americans and their possible connection to the Roanoke colony.
		Yet another theory, recently proposed by anthropologist Lee Miller, suggests the colony’s success was actually sabotaged by enemies of Sir Walter Raleigh, and that the colonists moved inland where the males were killed and the women and children were enslaved and eventually assimilated (see jhu.edu/*jhumag.1101web/Roanoke.html).
	www.lost-colony.com /magazineNP.html (1622 words)

	Roanoke Island History - Roanoke Island Guide
		Roanoke Island was permanently settled in the mid-1600s, and many of the original family names — Etheridge, Baum, Daniels and others — are still very much alive on the island.
		Manteo’s downtown area was renovated and revitalized, and the centerpiece of the celebration, the Elizabeth II, a representative 16th-century sailing ship similar to what the colonists arrived in 400 years before, was constructed on a site at the Manteo waterfront.
		In 1999 the Town of Manteo celebrated its centennial birthday with many events, the publication of a coffee-table history book, Manteo, A Roanoke Island Town by Angel Ellis Khoury, and the establishment of a centennial clock on the corner of Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh streets downtown.
	www.roanokeisland.net /history.htm (710 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Lost Colony of Roanoke: Books: Edward F. Dolan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The story of "The Lost Colony of Roanoke" begins with John White, the governor of a small British colony on Roanoke island off the coast of what is now North Carolina, returning in 1590 and discovering that the colonists he had left behind three years earlier were gone.
		Dolan tells the story of how the colony came to be founded, what it was like carving out a new colony in America, and why White was prevented from getting back to Roanoke for three years.
		"The Lost Colony of Roanoke" is illustrated with colored plates of scenes and maps that are either historical in origin or done in a similar style.
	www.amazon.ca /Lost-Colony-Roanoke-Edward-Dolan/dp/0761413014 (507 words)

	Alibris: Roanoke
		Using her consummate skills as an anthropologist and ethnohistorian, Miller casts new light on the previously inexplicable puzzle of Roanoke, unraveling a thrilling web of deceit that can be traced back to the inner circle of Queen Elizabeth's government to finally solve the lasting mystery of the Lost Colony.
		The story of Roanoke is a tale marked by courage, miscalculation, exhilaration, intrigue, and enduring mystery.
		Now in its second edition, Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony tells the tragic and heroic story of the lost colony during the years between Columbus's voyages and the landing of the Mayflower.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Roanoke (899 words)

	Chesapeake Bay - Colonial Period - The Mariners' Museum
		While Drake was at the colony a hurricane swept by and caused considerable damage.
		White planned to pick up the remaining Roanoke colonists and, together with the colonists he brought with establish the 'Cittie of Ralegh' somewhere on the Chesapeake Bay.
		When the Jamestown colonists arrived in 1607, one of their jobs was to look for the "Lost Colony." The Chesapeake tribe did not get along with or pay tribute to Powhatan, so he replaced them with another tribe that did follow him.
	www.mariner.org /chesapeakebay/colonial/col002.html (773 words)

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