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BEECHLAND



and the Lost Colony



In 1587, one hundred seventeen men, women and children simply disappeared and became known as The Lost Colony. Significant evidence - original accounts, native alliances, oral histories, naming patterns, archeological remnants and reanalysis of early maps - suggests that they intentionally relocated inland to Beechland, a protected sassafras site about fifty miles into the mainland. Even so, without a significant on-site archeological investigation, Sir Walter Ralegh's attempt to settle Virginia remains one of the greatest mysteries of early American history.



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