When he returned to Roanoke in 1590, he found the settlement ... This site suggests the presence of English settlers in the area. A 400-year-old map may solve the mystery. Research and further ...

Before the city was named Roanoke, it was the town of Big Lick. And before she became the Grand Old Lady on the Hill, she was a bleak structure on a barren hill, on the wrong side of the tracks.