Archaeologists from the First Colony Foundation, a North Carolina nonprofit devoted to ... to look through a periscope that goes far back in history,” she says. But the image remains stubbornly ...

In 1587, around 100 colonists newly arrived from England established themselves on Roanoke Island, in present-day North ...

A favorite in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, Raleigh was given a royal charter by the Queen on March 25, 1584, which gave him seven years to establish a colony in the New World on the condition that ...

Founded on November 21, 1789, North Carolina was one of the US's thirteen original colonies. Its rich history at the beginning of American history makes it a core part of our nation, and it's ...

The man explained that he was a tourist who had found the 21-pound stone near the North Carolina–Virginia border ... carve an account of the Lost Colony’s ordeal in stone, or was it the ...

North Carolina, which was at one time combined with South Carolina to form a single territory, was one of the original 13 colonies and became the 12th state in 1789. It sent the most troops to ...

The Terrible Transformation tells of the largest forced migration in recorded history and how this ... from their homelands to labor in the North American colonies. So horrific is their "middle ...

Note: The North Carolina Museum of History is closed for renovations for the next two to three years. The North Carolina Museum of History is exactly what its name suggests — a museum about ...

As tensions grew between the North and South over issues ... of formerly enslaved people. South Carolina’s history is marked by its transitions from colonial prosperity to revolutionary struggle ...