The Supposed Mystery Behind The “Lost Colony” Of Roanoke — And Why It Doesn ... what happened was a single word carved into a tree: “CROATOAN.” In the more than 400 years since everyone ...

By Alan Yuhas In 1590, the would-be governor of a colony meant to be one of ... who left no clear trace aside from the word “Croatoan” carved on a tree, survived somewhere on the mainland ...

The mystery of what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke has puzzled historians ... and the word “Cro” etched into a tree. Back then, Croatoan was the original name of nearby Hatteras ...

Dawson, an amateur archaeologist, claims there have been clues throughout the past 430-plus years about the colonists. “The entire concept of the colony being lost is total fiction, Dawson told ...

A new study suggests the Lost Colony of Roanoke assimilated with Native Americans, backed by iron flakes found on Hatteras ...

The basic beats of the story behind the Lost Colony of Roanoke go something like ... the letters CRO carved into a tree trunk, and the word CROATOAN etched into a wooden post at the entrance ...

It all began in 1587 when more than a hundred English colonists landed on Roanoke Island, off the coast of what is now North Carolina. This would have been the first permanent English settlement ...

Scientists are planning to take a fresh look at an engraved rock purported to hold the key to the mysterious “lost colony ... "Croatoan" and "Cro" carved into a fort's gatepost and a tree ...

The settlers who inhabited the 16th century North Carolina colony of Roanoke mysteriously ... the words "Croatoan" and "Cro" carved into a fort's gatepost and a nearby tree. Many conspiracy ...