The Mysteriously Missing Colony
By Houston
15 September 2017

In 1565, Spain diligently established the first successful settlement in the New World, which was St. Augustine, Florida. By 1587, about 120 Englishmen endeavored to the New World, sailing to Roanoke Island, located off what is now the North Carolina coast. They became perilously low on supplies, so John White, who was the governor of the colony, ventured back to England and asked for help.

When White returned, he was appalled to find the colony gone. The only clue to the colonists’ whereabouts was a word quickly scribbled on a tree: “Croatan,” the name of an island. Because the people mysteriously disappeared and were presumed forever missing, today this settlement is known as the Lost Colony.