Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Roanoke--the Lost Colony
When I first heard about the lost colony of Roanoke, Virginia (now a part of the Carolinas) I was in the fifth grade and I found it fascinating how a colony could just vanish and all that was left behind was the word "Croatoan" carved into the bark of a tree. Even today, it's unknown what happened to the colonists of Roanoke, but one thing is for certain and that is that colony of Roanoke is the first English colony established in North America.
Virginia Dare was born in the short-lived English colony of Roanoke on August 18, 1587. She was the first English person born in America.
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