UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Stewart L. Udall, Secretary
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Conrad L. Wirth, Director
HISTORICAL HANDBOOK NUMBER SIXTEEN
This publication is one of a series of handbooks describingthe historical and archeological areas in the National ParkSystem administered by the National Park Service of the UnitedStates Department of the Interior. It is printed by the GovernmentPrinting Office and may be purchased from the Superintendentof Documents, Washington 25, D. C. Price 35 cents.
Fort Raleigh
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
North Carolina
by Charles W. Porter, III
RALEIGH
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES NO. 16
Washington, D. C., 1952
(Revised 1965)
The National Park System, of which Fort Raleigh NationalHistoric Site is a unit, is dedicated to conserving the scenic,scientific, and historic heritage of the United States for thebenefit and inspiration of its people.
Contents
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- GILBERT AND RALEIGH 3
- EXPLORATION OF ROANOKE ISLAND, 1584 4
- RALEIGH’S FIRST COLONY, 1585-86 6
- The Voyage 7
- The Establishment of the Colony 10
- Life in the Colony 14
- Abandonment of the Colony 15
- Grenville’s Fifteen Men 18
- THE LOST COLONY OF 1587 18
- The Second Colony Established at Roanoke 21
- Governor White’s Return to England 22
- Attempts To Find the Lost Colony 25
- CONNECTING LINKS WITH JAMESTOWN AND NEW ENGLAND 27
- LATER HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON FORT RALEIGH 28
- RECENT HISTORY OF FORT RALEIGH 30
- GUIDE TO THE AREA 30
- THE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 38
- HOW TO REACH THE SITE 38
- ADMINISTRATION 38
- RELATED AREAS 38
- ABOUT YOUR VISIT 39