Roanoke: The Lost Colony

Polygraph Reports, Inc

About this app

Explore the mystery of Roanoke Island with an interactive guide built for curious young historians.
Roanoke Island brings the Lost Colony story to life through a kid-friendly timeline, important people, key places, historical clues, and competing theories. Learn why English settlers came to Roanoke, what happened when John White returned in 1590, and why the carved words “CRO” and “CROATOAN” still fascinate historians today.
Inside the app, you can:
Follow the story from the first English voyages to the colony’s disappearance
Meet figures like John White, Virginia Dare, Manteo, and Sir Walter Raleigh
Review the clues left behind at the settlement
Compare theories about where the colonists may have gone
Complete Junior Historian activities and test what you learned
Designed as an educational mystery guide, Roanoke Island helps students explore history like investigators: weighing evidence, asking questions, and building their own theory about one of America’s oldest unsolved mysteries.

What’s new

Initial release of Roanoke Island, an interactive guide to the mystery of the Lost Colony. Explore leading theories, review historical clues, follow the timeline, and cast your vote on what you think happened.