Near Fort Raleigh Road, 0.3 miles north of U.S. 64.
In the 1860s - more than two and a half centuries after the disappearance of the 1587 settlers, a new colony was taking shape on Roanoke Island, one that was home to refugees fleeing the bondage of slavery. The island south and west of here became a . . . — — Map (db m233626) HM
Near Fort Raleigh Road, 0.3 miles north of U.S. 64.
Despite dissolving only five years after the first individuals arrived, the Roanoke Freedmen's Colony was one of the first steps in a long struggle for racial equality in the United States. Community members fought for their freedom through . . . — — Map (db m233628) HM
This marker is placed in grateful recognition of the gifts of food, friendship, and assistance with which the native inhabitants greeted the first Europeans to Roanoke Island in 1584.
Presented by
North Carolina Society
National . . . — — Map (db m206285) HM
On North Virginia Dare Avenue (U.S. 64/264) at Russel Twiford Road, on the right when traveling west on North Virginia Dare Avenue.
Agent of the American Colonization Society in Liberia, founded the A. M. E. Zion Churches in Albemarle area. His first church, 1865, near here. — — Map (db m9462) HM
On Queen Elizabeth Avenue at Fernando Street on Queen Elizabeth Avenue.
On this day, Hurricane Irene caused water from the Shallowbag Bay to rise to this level at this location.
For more information, contact:
National Weather Service Morehead City, NC
www.weather.gov/mhx
National Hurricane . . . — — Map (db m226120) HM
On Mills Landing Road (State Highway 345), on the left when traveling south.
At 3 P.M. February 7, 1862, Union forces under Gen. Ambrose Burnside landed at Ashby Harbor (A). By midnight 7,500 Federals were ashore. A Confederate force of 400 men and 3 field-pieces was sent to resist the Federal landing. The Confederates were . . . — — Map (db m11386) HM
On Freedman's Colony Road near U.S. 64/264, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
and they made their lives
bitter with hard bondage
Exodus 1:14
For the millions of immigrants to this land, America has not been so much a destination as a promise: a promise of equality, a promise of . . . — — Map (db m9670) HM
Near Visitors Center Circle near Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge (Bypass U.S. 64), on the left when traveling west.
This marker recognizes the final resting place of Spencer Bowser, the patriarch of a prominent African American family in North Carolina. Also buried here are several other members of the Bowser family, including J.P. Bowser, Lloyd B. Bowser, Q.B. . . . — — Map (db m57026) HM
Near Visitors Center Circle near Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge (Bypass U.S. 64), on the left when traveling west.
Much of coastal North Carolina fell to Union forces in 1862. For the duration of the Civil War Northern troops kept a sizable presence in the area. The peculiar geography of the Outer Banks and the sounds region, a damper to antebellum trade, proved . . . — — Map (db m56925) HM
On Airport Road (County Route 1116) at Old County Road, on the right when traveling east on Airport Road.
Coastal Patrol Base, first in N.C., opened ½ mi. S.E., in 1942. Civilian pilots supported military and patrolled for German U-boats. — — Map (db m76772) HM
On Sir Walter Raliegh Street at Queen Elizabeth Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Sir Walter Raliegh Street.
In honor of all who served
World War I
1917 – 1918
Dennis S. Twiford
World War II
1941 – 1945
Thomas C. Fearing
M. Blackwell Creef
Lawson H. Barnett
Charles F. Midgett, Jr.
Norman W. Payne
James D. . . . — — Map (db m79797) WM
On Freedman's Colony Road near U.S. 64/264, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Thus saith the Lord,
Let my people go.
Exodus 8:1
The bloodbath called the Civil War had begun and would cost the lives of over 600,000 Americans. As the Union armies advanced south, refugee . . . — — Map (db m9669) HM
Near Fort Raleigh Road, 0.4 miles north of U.S. 64, on the left when traveling north.
European expeditions in the late 1500s commonly constructed small defensive structures. Soldiers built these earthworks by digging ditches and the forming walls from the removed soil. Ralph Lane, a fortifications export, led the 1585 English . . . — — Map (db m237880) HM
Near Fort Raleigh Road north of National Park Road when traveling north.
A furnace burned hot as metallurgist Joachim Gans and scientist Thomas Hariot conducted tests on local minerals and plants. Sent by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585 as part of a larger expedition, these scientists built a workshop on this spot to gain an . . . — — Map (db m237881) HM
Near U.S. 64, 0.2 miles east of the William B. Umstead Memorial Bridge, on the right when traveling east.
Explored in 1584. Site of first English settlements in new world, 1585-1587. Birthplace of Virginia Dare, first child born of English parents in America. — — Map (db m11343) HM
[obverse:]First Light of Freedom Former slaves give thanks by the creek’s edge
at the sight of the island - “If you can cross the creek to Roanoke Island, you will find ‘safe haven’.” [rendering of Edwin Forbes' "The . . . — — Map (db m46990) HM
On U.S. 64 at Fort Raleigh Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 64.
Scientist; Jewish native of Prague. Led metallurgy experiments, 1585-86, at the first Roanoke colony near here. Part of Lane's English expedition. — — Map (db m190824) HM
Near Queen Elizabeth Avenue at Fernando Street, on the left when traveling south.
The US Weather Bureau once used Coastal Warning Display towers such as this one to fly signal flags to warn mariners of wind shifts or approaching storms.
On November 10, 1904, the Weather Bureau established the Manteo Weather Station . . . — — Map (db m79795) HM
On U.S. 64/264 near Freedman's Colony Road, on the right when traveling west.
During late January, 1862, a Federal land-sea expedition assembled at Hatteras Inlet to take Roanoke Island and capture control of the North Carolina Sound region. This force was under the joint command of General Ambrose Burnside and navy . . . — — Map (db m4828) HM
Near Fort Raleigh Road, 0.4 miles north of U.S. 64, on the left when traveling north.
Archeological evidence indicates this was the site of an English earthwork from Sir Walter Raleigh's 1585 expedition.
Centuries of erosion had reduced the earthwork to a gentle dip and ridge in the forest floor. In 1947 and 1948, archeologists . . . — — Map (db m190822) HM
Near Visitor Center Circle near Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge (Bypass U.S. 64), on the left when traveling west.
(panel 1)
Welcome to Red Wolf Country
Northeastern North Carolina is Famous for the Outer Banks with its beautiful beaches, but the region has plenty of other natural attractions. Just a short drive inland, you’ll find many more . . . — — Map (db m57095) HM
"In the years to come, as islanders mingle with visitors along the Manteo waterfront, let us remember that on this spot, where so many vessels have been built and launched, dreams still light the way. For how else can you explain how a lighthouse . . . — — Map (db m47013) HM
Recreating History
The Spirit of Roanoke Island, completed in 2000 by volunteers of the North Carolina Maritime Museum on Roanoke Island, is a fine example of the shad boat. A traditional work boat built of juniper (Atlantic white . . . — — Map (db m47026) HM
On this site, in July – August, 1585 (O.S.), colonists, sent out from England by Sir Walter Raleigh, built a fort, called by them
“The New Fort in Virginia”
These colonists were the first settlers of the English race in . . . — — Map (db m9460) HM
On Freedman's Colony Road near U.S. 64/264, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
I have caused thee to see it
with thine eyes,
but thou shalt not go over thither.
Deuteronomy 34:4
The Proclamation of Emancipation gave the military authority to enlist “Such persons of suitable condition…into . . . — — Map (db m9671) HM
Near Queen Elizabeth Avenue near Budleigh Street, on the left when traveling south.
From Plymouth, England, on 27 April 1584 Walter Raleigh sent Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe to North America to explore and prepare for English Colonization. On 13 July they claimed land in the name of Queen Elizabeth. Called Virginia in her . . . — — Map (db m225138) HM
Near Fort Raleigh Road, 0.4 miles north of U.S. 64, on the left when traveling north.
In the late 1500s, Roanoke Island and London had very little in common. Imagine what it was like for Thomas Hariot when he first set foot on this strange new land.
New people, new plants, new animals—everything was truly "new". Is this land new . . . — — Map (db m190823) HM
On Queen Elizabeth Avenue at Budleigh Street, on the right when traveling north on Queen Elizabeth Avenue.
First born of the English in America near by this place.
Born the eighteenth and baptized the Twentieth of August 1587 and then vanished with those colonists — — Map (db m190959) HM
On Queen Elizabeth Avenue at Budleigh Street, on the right when traveling north on Queen Elizabeth Avenue.
Whose friend and guide was the Indian Manteo christened and called Lord of Roanok and Pasamonguepeuk August 13, 1587 in reward of his faithful services — — Map (db m190960) HM
Located south of Oregon Inlet, Lifesaving Station Pea Island was the only unit in the history of the Coast Guard manned by all Black crews. This marker is dedicated to the crews of Pea Island who risked their lives and endured so that others might . . . — — Map (db m48610) HM
Near U.S. 64 at Buzzy Lane, on the left when traveling north.
“Everything on the Banks seems to be devoid of paint – dwellings, barns and windmills, of which there are a greater number than I supposed were in existence in the whole country.”
Charles Johnson, Hawkins Zouaves, 1862
Roanoke Island, and . . . — — Map (db m190958) HM
