The mystery of what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke ... left behind only two clues: the word “Croatoan” carved into a fort’s gatepost and the word “Cro” etched into a tree.

If the settlers were to leave the island, they should carve their destination into a tree or post. Adding a cross would mean they left ... Lost Colony. Read the latest news here. Photograph by ...

The legend of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has haunted American history for centuries ... According to White’s writings, the only trace they left behind was a structure of tree trunks, with a single ...

Married to Ananias Dare, Eleanor gave birth to Virginia—the first English child born in the New World—shortly after the English colonists landed on Roanoke ... of the Lost Colony’s ordeal ...