AMERICA'S
OLDEST
UNSOLVED MYSTERY
In 1587 news reached London that a new English settlement had
disappeared, leaving barely a trace of its existence. 115 men, women and
children vanished from the Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. Over
four hundred years have passed and what became of them is still unanswered,
along with several other questions. Why were they on the island in the first
place, as it was not their original destination? Where did they go? What
happened to them? Did they relocate or were they all killed? There's been lots
of speculation, but no one knows what happened to the first English settlers in
America?
One of the reasons this mystery
is so intriguing to me, is because one of those early Roanoke settlers was my
relative. He and his younger brother came to America to start a new life. The
younger brother (my direct ancestor) settled in what later became known as Jamestown.
The older brother disappeared and was never heard from again. Perhaps one day,
I'll write a fictional account of what I think might have happened to my
great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-great-uncle.
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