On This Day July 22

A group of 115 English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island off North Carolina on July 22, 1587 to establish a colony, under the governance of Sir Walter Raleigh's friend the artist John White, who had accompanied a previous expedition to Roanoke. White was unable to mount another resupply attempt for an additional three years and when the supply ships eventually returned, they couldn't find any of the colonists. Adding to the mystery, they found the word "CROATAN" carved into a tree.

The discovery of Croatoan painted by John White. 

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