History UsefulNotes / TheLostColonyOfRoanoke

* On the island of Roanoake itself, every summer there is an outdoor play, titled ''The Lost Colony'', that has run every year since the 1930s, shot down only for UsefulNotes/WorldWarII (there were U-Boats literally right offshore only miles from the theater) and[[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic the Pandemic in 2020]]. It usually covers all the more likely possibilities of what happened. It was the starting point of Creator/AndyGriffith's career among others.

* The short story "Ezekiel" by Desmond Warzel explains where they went, and why.

Before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock and before the meeting of John Smith and {{UsefulNotes/Pocahontas}}, there was the lost colony of Roanoke. Founded in 1587 on an island near the shores of present-day North Carolina, Roanoke was the first English colony in North America. With things going really badly in general, Governor John White decided to head back to England to get some more supplies. Unfortunately, this happened to be in 1588, the year the Spanish Armada sailed against England, and no ships could be spared for Roanoke. Governor White finally managed to make it back in 1590, only to find that Roanoke had been abandoned. The [[ClueOfFewWords only clue left behind was the word "Croatoan"]] carved into a fence. White took this to mean that the colony had moved, or at least attempted to move, to nearby Croatoan Island (present-day Hatteras Island), but he was unable to conduct a search at the time.

Before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock and before the meeting of John Smith and {{UsefulNotes/Pocahontas}}, there was the lost colony of Roanoke. Founded in 1587 on an island near the shores of present-day North Carolina, Roanoke was the first English colony in North America. With things going really badly in general, Governor John White decided to head back to England to get some more supplies. Unfortunately, this happened to be in 1588, the year the Spanish Armada sailed against England, and no ships could be spared for Roanoke. Governor White finally managed to make it back in 1590, only to find that Roanoke had been abandoned. The only clue left behind was the word "Croatoan" carved into a fence. White took this to mean that the colony had moved, or at least attempted to move, to nearby Croatoan Island (present-day Hatteras Island), but he was unable to conduct a search at the time.

* ''Old Virginia'', a Franchise/CthulhuMythos short story by Laird Barron, had the colony fall victim to an EldritchAbomination.

* On the island of Roanoake itself, every summer there is an outdoor play, titled ''The Lost Colony'', that has run every year since the 1930s, shot down only for UserfulNotes/WorldWarII (there were U-Boats literally right offshore only miles from the theater) and[[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic the Pandemic in 2020]]. It usually covers all the more likely possibilities of what happened. It was the starting point of Creator/AndyGriffith's career among others.

* On the island of Roanoake itself, every summer there is an outdoor play, titled ''The Lost Colony'', that has run every year since the 1930s, shot down only for UserfulNotes/WordWarII and[[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic the Pandemic in 2020]]. It usually covers all the more likely possibilities of what happened. It was the starting point of Creator/AndyGriffith's career among others.

* On the island of Roanoake itself, every summer there is an outdoor play, titled ''The Lost Colony'', that has run every year since the 1930s, with the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic exception of 2020]]. It usully covers all the more likely possibilities of what happened. It was the starting point of Creator/AndyGriffith's career among others.

* A side-story of ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'', ''Rey Mysterio vs. the Cosmos'', reveals that the colonists got sent onto the Infinity Train, presumably thinking that it would take them to the nearby Croaton Island.

-->'''Marchosias:''' Ever heard of the Roanoke disaster? Those ignorant fools wandering about like headless chickens trying and failing to make a new colony in another country?\\
'''Titus:''' Oh, ''those'' people.
--> - ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36354985/chapters/90636040 Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos]]''

-- ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36354985/chapters/90636040 Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos]]''

-- ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36354985/chapters/90636040 Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos''

* A side-story of ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'', ''Rey Mysterio vs. the Cosmos'', reveals that the colonists got sent onto the Infinity Train.
-->'''Marchosias:''' Ever heard of the Roanoke disaster? Those ignorant fools wandering about like headless chickens trying and failing to make a new colony in another country?\\
'''Titus:''' Oh, ''those'' people.

One particular member of the lost colony, Virginia Dare, tends to receive a disproportionate amount of attention. She was not only Governor White's granddaughter, but also the first white child born in North America since Snorri Thorfinnson in the early 11th century. Her fate is as unknown as that of the other lost colonists, but fiction and folklore have very much decided that she lived to adulthood and became a JunglePrincess of some kind. This is the premise behind a famous statue of Virginia Dare, carved by Louisa Lander in 1859, which now stands in the Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island itself. One particularly persistent piece of folklore claims that Virginia was once engaged to an Indian brave, but a jealous medicine man [[BalefulPolymorph turned her into a deer]], and she was then unwittingly killed by her own would-be husband. Fiction about Virginia Dare likes to allude to this story by giving her a [[AnimalMotifs deer motif]].