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for "Roanoke Colony"
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34616
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A pre-colonial site has been identified using a map from John White, one of the first explorers to the New World and the one who found the Croatan message from the Lost Colony. Speculating that this mark could pertain to the Lost Colony, archaeologists have begun digging in the area now called Site X, exposing colonial-era artifacts. These artifacts can now be seen at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
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34696
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In the 1930’s, playwright Paul Green attempted to create a play regarding the Lost Colony of Roanoke in North Carolina. The story known by most people does not include the ending, however, and even today, there is debate about what happened to the colonists. Paul Green changed his endings several times, the last of which in 1980’s left on a more hopeful note. This article goes into detail about what prompted each of these changes and how they were interpreted by the audiences.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 27 Issue , 2018,
p52-71, il, por, f
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35358
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The quintet of profiles in this article covered topics such as the larval stage of the Trapjaw ant; the “Lost and Found Colonies: Using Science and Technology to Uncover the Past” exhibit, which included Roanoke; the North Carolina Museum of Art’s newest animal ambassador, the Tenrec; the NCMoA’s film “Museum Alive 3-D,” and Alvin Braswell, the NCMoA’s 2017 Thomas Quay Wildlife Diversity Award winner.
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35518
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The disappearing act was “The Lost Colony,” the touted first outdoor play about the colony of English settlers who settled in Roanoke in 1588 and disappeared in 1590, with the most famous being the first born on American soil, Virginia Dare. As the author suggested, the virtue of Paul Green’s play was leaving audience members deciding how to solve the mystery behind the disappearance for themselves.
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35756
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The author provided a Dare County guide with information about the county celebrating its quadricentennial. Cited were the Lost Colony’s history and historic landmarks like Kittyhawk. Described were must see sites like Cape Hatteras, must do recreation like hang gliding off of Jockey’s Ridge; and must visit towns like Southern Shores. As pictorial accompaniment was a hand drawn map of Manteo depicting its historical homes like the Meekins house, businesses like The Old Bank Building, and event sites like the Battle of Burnside.
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35878
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Roanoke was getting ready for its quadricentennial celebration. Part of the preparation: building a replica of the ship that brought the colonists ashore and Lost Colony Center near Waterside Theatre. As for the celebration, flora and fauna paintings of disappeared colonist John White was being remembered as much as the disappearance itself.
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36436
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The author discusses the meaning of symbols on coats of arms. He uses five coats of arms of individuals associated with the Roanoke Voyages as examples.
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37195
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List of names of the 108 men who lived on Roanoke Island.
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37245
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Article about the early history of Sir Francis Drake’s contact with the settlers on Roanoke Island, NC in 1586.
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38241
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Attracting the attentions of Northern transplants and North Carolina natives in equally copious measures is Dare County’s Manteo. Among its noted virtues of the coastal town are a thriving commercial fishing community, preservation of the town’s connection with the lost colony, and maritime heritage measured in its shipyards’ construction of Naval craft during WWII.
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38258
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Described by the author and displayed in photographs by Patrick Schneider is a Waterside Theatre performance of Paul Green’s The Lost Colony. Words and pictures collaboratively explain the enduring mystique of his play and the Roanoke Island colonists’ story.
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Waterside Theatre (Manteo); Manteo; Green, Paul Eliot, 1894-1981; The Lost Colony (Play); Roanoke Colony; Roanoke Island--History; Raleigh, Walter, 1552-1618; Long, William Ivey, 1947-; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012; Dare, Virginia, b. 1587-?; Borden, John; Manteo--Description and travel; Wanchese--Indian Chief
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38933
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Port Ferdinando, located on the north end of Hatteras Island near the present day Bodie Island lighthouse, was the principal entry point for men and supplies for the Roanoke Colony in pre-colonial North Carolina. It was named for the Portuguese explorer and sometimes pirate Simon Fernandez and there was evidence of a fort there. John White, the Governor of what is now the Lost Colony, is the only person to cartographically record Port Ferdinando.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 25 Issue No. 3, July 2016,
p86
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40683
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Cited as the longest running historical symphonic drama in America, Paul Green’s famous play retells the story of the New World’s first colony. Included in its production company's profile is how the Roanoke Island Historical Association brings the legend to life.
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Green, Paul Eliot, 1894-1981; The Lost Colony (Play); Roanoke Colony; Roanoke Island Historical Association ; Historical symphonic dramas--The Lost Colony; Old Colony Players Amphitheatre (Valdese); Cherokee Historical Association; Southern Appalachian Historical Association ; Waterside Theatre (Manteo); Outdoor symphonic dramas--North Carolina
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40904
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The Lost Colony Center for Science and Research’s director supports a less popular theory for the Roanoke Colony’s fate. Fred Willard doesn't support the conventional theories: they succumbed to starvation or became massacre victims. His quest for truth has also led to this possibility: the presence of colonists’ surnames in Eastern North Carolina families claiming a Native American heritage suggests they moved inland and integrated.
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Lost Colony; Roanoke Colony; Roanoke Island; Roanoke Island--History; Roanoke Colony--theories about colonists' disappearance--Fred Willard ; Roanoke Colony--theories about disappearance of colonists; Lost Colony Center for Science and Research (Williamston); Croatan Indians--Manteo; White, John,1540-1593; Dare, Eleanor--Dare Stones--Edenton; Signet ring--Buxton--Joyner Library Special Collections ; Raleigh, Walter, 1552-1618; Roanoke Colony--theories about colonists' disappearance--Charles Ewen; Roanoke Colony--excavation sites--Chowan River; Roanoke Colony--excavation sites--Buxton; Roanoke Colony--excavation sites--David Phelps
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41119
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