Development of the colony seemed promising at first, but when colonial governor John White returned in 1590 on a resupply mission, he found that all of the inhabitants had vanished.

The lost colony of Roanoke Island will always be one of the weirdest episodes in American history. It has managed to stay in the news, off and on, for 431 years: the case of 100-plus English ...

John White, the leader of the colony, went to England to get more supplies. When he returned in 1590, the settlement was deserted with no sign of the 90 men, 17 women and 11 children who had lived ...

BUXTON — The ground teems with evidence that John White’s Lost Colony came here. A few shovelfuls of earth in a school yard or private driveway can uncover relics dating to the late 1500s ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Has the Lost Colony of settlers been found? In 1585, explorer John White traveled to Roanoke Island, and made a map and other drawings of the island. In 1587, a colony of 116 ...

The group was led by John White, who had been appointed governor of the new colony by Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition’s financier. Soon after arriving, White returned to England to gather more ...

Undeterred by the chaos, Sir Walter Raleigh sent John White and a new group of settlers one year later to pick up the “holding colony” and to found a settlement in what is now Virginia.

Lost Colony - what really happened Posted 2010-08-19T15:38:23+00:00 - Updated 2010-08-19T15:39:31+00:00 Thank you for your theories on the mystery of the Lost Colony this week.

ELIZABETH CITY — Archaeologists have discovered evidence suggesting that a part of the Lost Colony may have ended up in Bertie ... John White told the colony to “remove 50 miles into the main ...

‘Lost Colony’ production will no longer hire white actors in ‘redface’ for Native American roles ... John White, left for England to get supplies but could not return for three years.