Roanoke Colony

The establishment of the Roanoke Colony was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was first founded in 1585, but the colonists had disappeared under unknown circumstances when a ship visited the colony five years later in 1590. The colony has since been known as the Lost Colony, and the fate of the 112 to 121 colonists remains unknown to this day.