What Happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? In 1587, a group that consisted of 90 men, 11 women, and 11 children settled on Roanoke island and completely vanished. No one knows where they went or what happened to them, but to this day, no one could crack the code of what happened to this small colony. The only clues that people have discovered were the words " CROATOAN" and "CRO" carved into the wood in their Fort. To this day, people scratch their heads and try to figure out what happened to the colony. But no one knows The establishment of the Roanoke Colony (/ˈroʊənoʊk/ ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The English, led by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had briefly claimed St. John's, Newfoundland in 1583 as the first English territory in North America at the royal prerogative of Queen Elizabeth I, but Gilbert was lost at sea on his return journey to England. Roanoke Colony was founded ...
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