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Article: Rings of truth: evidence of weather disasters found in tree rings offers clues to historical mysteries.
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- Weatherwise
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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On July 22, 1587, long before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock, 117 hopeful colonists from England stepped ashore onto tiny Roanoke Island along the coast of what is today North Carolina. The group unpacked and founded a settlement. Then they vanished without a trace.
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke has become one of the most intriguing disappearances in American history. What could have happened to an entire village? Despite efforts by historians, archeologists, and other investigators, the fate of these early colonists seemed doomed to remain a mystery.
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