Roanoke Island: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Media added. Jun 26, 2025
Add new Web site: North Carolina History Project - Roanoke Island. Mar 18, 2024
Map added. Oct 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Channel - How Roanoke Vanished into Thin Air. Feb 20, 2017
Media added. Dec 20, 2011
Added that John White also found a tree bearing the carved letters C-R-O upon his return to the island. Sep 27, 2010
Added new Web site: The Official Site of Roanoke Island. Jun 04, 2007
Article revised. Aug 09, 2002
Article revised. Feb 08, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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