Case file · 1590 · Strange History
Roanoke
The Lost Colony
An English colony vanishes, leaving one carved word: Croatoan.
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This 7 min episode was written from the public record. These are the sources behind it.
- National Park Service, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site: The Lost Colony (official account)
- National Park Service, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site: 1587: The Lost Colony (John White's colony)
- National Park Service, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site: Major Theories of the Lost Colony (what may have happened)
- NCpedia (State Library of North Carolina): Lost Colony (encyclopedia entry)
- Wikipedia: Roanoke Colony (overview)
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