LOST COLONY FOUND 435 YRS LATER!

Mystery solved of first settlers who suddenly vanished

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The colonists disappeared without a trace, leaving only the word "Croatoan" carved on a tree

ONE of the most confounding mysteries from the early days of this nation has finally been solved after 435 years researchers say they have located the so-called Lost Colony of Roanoke.

The Lost Colony refers to the 118 Londoners sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh who in 1587 settled on the island of Roanoke in North Carolina. Within only three years, all the colonists-the very first settlers in the New World disappeared without a trace.