The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was the first permanent English settlement in the United States.

The recent discovery of copious amounts of iron trash on North Carolina's Hatteras Island may reveal the fate of a ...

There was no trace of a struggle—the only clues were the words “Croatoan ... vanished 1587 colony. (Newfound survivor camp may explain fate of the famed Lost Colony of Roanoke.) ...

BUXTON, N.C. — The English colonists who settled the so-called Lost Colony before disappearing ... When he arrived at Roanoke Island in 1590 he found “CROATOAN” carved on a post and ...

On his return three years later, he found the colony ... to Roanoke Island was delayed by three years. When he finally came back in 1590, he found everyone gone. The only trace of the colony was a ...

This fall new research may confirm the authenticity of an engraved stone found near the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke — a stone ... a post was carved the word “CROATOAN” — the name of ...