History lesson for today

[crosscreekcooter]

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/06/...0200/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000058&intcmp=hplnws

I have an interest in history of all sorts, and vaguely remember the story of Virginia Dare, the first English settler born in North America and the story of the Lost Colony.
Possible remnants of mysterious Lost Colony found
Archeologists have found two quarter-sized pottery fragments they believe could have belonged to a member of the Lost Colony from Roanoke.

The fragments were found buried in the soil just 75 yards from an earthen mound, which is thought to be a fort from that time.

The English colonists, sent by Walter Raleigh, explored the coast of North Carolina in the mid-1580s and then mysteriously disappeared.

To this day, what happened to the colony is still a mystery. But discoveries like the pottery give us a small look into the colonists' lives during that period.
There are pictures attached to the link above of the team of archeologists doing the study.
Here is another link that gives a lot more history of this mystery.


Possibly the most important piece of pottery found in the area since the 1940s, archeologists believe the fragments were from an ointment or medicine jar.

And while it may not solve the mystery of the Lost Colony, we're one step closer to finding out the truth.
There are pictures attached to the link above of the team of archeologists doing the study.

Here is another link that gives a lot more history of this mystery.
http://www.strangehistory.org/cms/index.php/popular/80-dare-stones-1587-1938-feature

 

[Gatorbreath]

I find this stuff endlessly fascinating, too. To this day they're still researching and finding Colonial and pre-Colonial artifacts in eastern/coastal Virginia - Williamsburg and Jamestown. In addition to the history, that part of the commonwealth, with it's rolling county roads, farms and historic plantations is beautiful.

 

[crosscreekcooter]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...ensics-pocahontas-history-skeletons-religion/
Archaeologists Identify Bodies of Lost Leaders of Jamestown

Beneath the church where Pocahontas was married are the graves of the founders of the first permanent British settlement in America.