North Carolina Before Jamestown, Va. (1607) or Plymouth Mass. (1620) was even thought of, Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island became the first English colony (given the impetus by Sir Walter Raleigh) in the new world in 1585. The first American born in the New World of Caucasian parentage and European heritage happened here on Roanoke Island at Fort Raleigh , which was a little girl named Virginia Dare. Dare County, in eastern NC was named in honor of her.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:56:20 +0000
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