They were the first. Then they were gone. Forever.
But the search has never ceased for the lost colonists of Roanoke Island.
Now, Brenau University President Ed Schrader is among a new crop of scientific clue-hunters to explore the fate of the original 115 English colonists off the coast of present-day North Carolina in 1587.
Brenau president investigates, fascinated by lost colony of Roanoke
University holds original 'Dare Stone' in its collection
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