Roanoke Island (/ˈroʊənoʊk/) is an island in Dare County, bordered by the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was named after the historical Roanoke, a Carolina...
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112 to 121 colonists remains unknown. Roanoke Colony was founded by governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island in present-day Dare County, North Carolina...
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that mysteriously disappeared Roanoke Island, the location of the Roanoke colony in present-day North Carolina Roanoke River, flowing through Virginia...
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phase of what came to be called the Burnside Expedition, the Battle of Roanoke Island was an amphibious operation of the American Civil War, fought on February...
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Native Americans and the Island were referred to by the English as Croatoans from Croatoan. The story of the missing colony of Roanoke began when John White...
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Outer Banks (category Barrier islands of North Carolina)
economic and cultural sites. Most notably the English Roanoke Colony vanished from Roanoke Island in 1587 and was the first location where an English person...
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Roanoke (/ˈroʊəˌnoʊk/), also spelled Roanoac, were a Carolina Algonquian-speaking people whose territory comprised present-day Dare County, Roanoke Island...
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the local tribe that befriended the English explorers who landed at Roanoke Island in 1584. Though many stories claim he was a chief, it is understood...
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Roanoke people or allied with them. The Croatan lived in current Dare County, an area encompassing the Alligator River, Croatan Sound, Roanoke Island...
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Roanoke Island Festival Park is a North Carolina state historic site located at the end of NC 400 in Manteo, North Carolina on Roanoke Island. The park...
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The Roanoke Island, North Carolina, half dollar (also Roanoke Island half dollar) is a commemorative coin issued by the United States Bureau of the Mint...
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The Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island, also known as the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony, or "Freedman's Colony", was founded in 1863 during the Civil...
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Roanoke Colony was an enterprise financed and organized by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 16th century to establish a permanent English settlement in...
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of a large segment of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, along with Roanoke Island and a peninsula of land attached to the mainland. Most of the county...
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USCGC Roanoke Island is the 46th Island class cutter to be commissioned. She was commissioned in Homer, Alaska, on February 7, 1992. Five other Island Class...
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John White (colonist and artist) (category People of the Roanoke Colony)
who sailed with Richard Grenville in the first attempt to colonize Roanoke Island in 1585, acting as artist and mapmaker to the expedition. He would most...
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organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Roanoke Island, during the American Civil War on February 7–8, 1862. Coast Division...
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spelled "Croatoan" The word "Croatoan", found carved into a tree on Roanoke Island at the site of the Lost Colony in 1590 "Croatoan" (Ellison), a 1975...
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Walter Raleigh (category People of the Roanoke Colony)
sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island (now North Carolina). "Roanoke Island". 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 June...
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Virginia Dare (category People of the Roanoke Colony)
spanning the Croatan Sound connecting Roanoke Island to Manns Harbor, carrying US 64. Residents of Roanoke Island celebrate Virginia Dare's birthday each...
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formally transferred the two patrol boats – the former cutters Long Island and Roanoke Island – to Costa Rica through the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Program...
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Retrieved November 9, 2019. Kile, Jenny (June 9, 2019). "In Search of the Roanoke Island Casque of The Secret Armchair Treasure Hunt: Six Questions with Dustin...
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North Carolina Aquariums (redirect from North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island)
Aquariums is a system of three public aquariums located in Kure Beach, Roanoke Island and Pine Knoll Shores. All are operated by the Aquariums Division of...
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Wanchese (Native American leader) (category Roanoke Island)
Algonquian-speaking people whose territory comprised present-day Dare County, Roanoke Island, and part of the mainland at the time of English exploration and colonization...
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he was offered a role in The Lost Colony by Paul Green, a play about Roanoke Island still performed today. He performed as a cast member of the play for...
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300 miles (480 km) away, where the Roanoke River empties into the Atlantic Ocean near Roanoke Island. The Roanoke Valley itself was originally home to...
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Manteo, North Carolina (category Roanoke Island)
is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States, located on Roanoke Island. The population was 1,602 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat...
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navy vessels, finally arrived off the coast of Roanoke Island. By the time Burnside arrived, Roanoke Island was guarded by 3,000 Confederate troops under...
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American Civil War, as a Confederate general. He notably surrendered Roanoke Island and then the rest of the Norfolk, Virginia shipyards, attracting criticism...
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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (redirect from Roanoke Island Freedmen's Camp)
colonies, the Roanoke Colony, and the island's Civil War history and Freedmen's Colony (1863-1867). The Union Army occupied the island in 1862 and soon...
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