Beginning June 15, Dr. Gordon P. Watts, Jr., Director of the International Institute of Maritime Research in Washington North Carolina and a founding First Colony Foundation Board Member, will lead his experienced team of underwater historians and archaeologists, including Roanoke Island research veterans Ray Hayes and Bill Utley, on a week long study of Broad Creek near Wanchese, North Carolina.
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An international group of scholars and history buffs learned about English scientist Thomas Harriot’s participation in the first English colony at Roanoke Island from 1585-1586 when they attended a conference sponsored by East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences from April 1-4, 2009.
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