Manteo

Two pots on display at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Visitor Center that show the handiwork of the Tuscarora and Roanoac.

Watercolor over black lead, touched with white (altered), 262 x 151 mm., Inscribed in brown ink: 'One of their Religious men.' 1906,0509.1.14

Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor, white (altered) and gold, 263 x 149 mm, approx. Inscribed in brown ink (modernized): 'A chief Herowans wife of Pomeoc and her daugher of the age of 8 or 10 ye More

Sassafras, a plant found here at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, was thought to be a cure for syphilis and an aphrodisiac during the 16th century. It isn't either, but they could dream!

Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor, and gold, 209 x 214 mm. Inscribed in brown ink: 'Theire sitting at meate.' 1906,0509 1.20

Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor, white (altered) and gold, 260 x 139 mm. Inscribed in brown ink: 'The wyfe of an Herowan of Secotan.' 1906,0509.1.18

This a protected species today. The southern diamond-back terrapin has five toes, not six as shown here. Note the shading behind the front legs and carapace that John White added to indicate its relationship wi More

The text on drawing (modernized): 'The form of a fort which was made by Master Ralfe Lane in a part of St. Johns Island near Capross where we took in salt the 26th of May, 1585' 1906,0509.1.5

Pen and brown ink over black lead and watercolor on two conjoined sheets, 363 x 445 mm. Inscribed in brown ink: within a red border (modernized), 'The 11th of May the General in the Tiger arrived at St. Johns I More

On August 18, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt helped commemorate the 350th anniversary of the 1587 Lost Colony by visiting the Lost Colony drama, and giving a speech at this location before the show.

Watercolor and bodycolor over black lead, heightened with gold, 222 x 215 mm. Inscribed in brown ink (modernized):'The town of Pomeiock and true form of their houses, covered and enclosed some with mats, and so More

Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor and gold, 295 x 204 mm. Inscribed in brown ink, modernized: 'The Tombs of their Cherounes or chief personages, their flesh clean taken off from the bones save More

Watercolor over black lead, touched with white (altered) and gold, 262 x 147 mm. Inscribed in black ink: 'A chiefe Herowan.' 1906,0509.1.21

Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor, white (altered), 246 x 151 mm. Inscribed: 'The flyer.' 1906.0509.1.16

Possibly drawn in the West Indies during the 1585 voyage, this sea turtle is an endangered species in American waters. Its' range spans the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Watercolor and More

Stone marker with words etched into the front that commemorates on-site preservation efforts.

The Roanoke Colony Memorial Association purchased the land that became Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. They also had crafted this marker. Pictured left to right: W.D. Pruden, Sr., Dr. Richard Dillard, unid More

Watercolor over black lead, heightened with bodycolor (altered), 324 x 199 mm, Inscribed in brown ink with notes; 1906, 0509 1.7

Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolor including white (altered), on a folded sheet with offsetting. 274 x 358 mm. 1906, 0509, 1.10

An eastern box turtle enjoys the rain on the visitor center plaza.

Visitors join in a servicewide bell-ringing ceremony commemorating 400 years of African American history and culture.

NPS employee in the Elizabethian Room in the visitor center in Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

Now overgrown, this is the historic roadway from the 1920s ferry dock heading into the woods.

Before bridges tied the Outer Banks together, ferries connected the islands. This broken up rubble was the western ferry terminal ramp on Roanoke Island in the 1920s.

Survey number: HABS NC-389-B Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Survey number: HABS NC-389-C Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Survey number: HABS NC-389-A Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marker indicating where Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke in 1937.

Marker inside the Waterside Theatre indicating where FDR watched the 23rd performance of The Lost Colony drama, performed on August 18, 1937.

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater More

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater More

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. More

MANTEO, N.C. - Manteo Commissioner and chair of The Collins Park Committee, Darrell Collins, shares his comments during a statue unveiling ceremony in Manteo Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of Manteo honored li More

MANTEO, N.C. - Pictured is a close up of a Beebe rocker keel type 26-foot wooden surf boat that was in the Coast Guard's service from approximately 1910-1939, and is now on loan from the National Park Service t More

MANTEO, N.C. - The Manteo commissioner, youth from the community, the statue's creator and an ancestor of a rescuer at Pea Island unveil a bronze statue of Richard Etheridge Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of M More

Capt. George Bonner, his wife Andrea and their there children, Logan, Lea, and Lanely, are pictured here in front of the Bodie Island Lighthouse Station at the relighting ceremony, April 18, 2013. Bonner and hi More

MANTEO, N.C. - The Manteo commissioner, youth from the community, the statue's creator and an ancestor of a rescuer at Pea Island unveil a bronze statue of Richard Etheridge Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of M More

MANTEO, N.C. - The Manteo commissioner, youth from the community, the statue's creator and an ancestor of a rescuer at Pea Island unveil a bronze statue of Richard Etheridge Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of M More

MANTEO, N.C. - The Manteo commissioner, youth from the community, the statue's creator and an ancestor of a rescuer at Pea Island unveil a bronze statue of Richard Etheridge Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of M More

MANTEO, N.C. - The town of Manteo honored life saver and civil rights hero Richard Etheridge with a bronze statue which was unveiled Saturday on Roanoke Island. Etheridge was born into slavery on Roanoke Island More

MANTEO, N.C. - Keynote speaker Daniel Gardiner shares the impact of Richard Etheridge's work in his life during a statue unveiling ceremony in Manteo, N.C., Saturday, May 8, 2010. The town of Manteo honored lif More

Gilliardia Pulchella Public domain photograph of a wildflower close up, nature, flowers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Banker ponies on Ocracoke Island Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Silver Lake Marina and Ocracoke Village Public domain photograph of a ship, sailing ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sunset at Cape Point Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial view of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Bodie Island Lighthouse Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lighthouse at sunset Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rose Mallow Public domain photograph of a wildflower close up, nature, flowers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ocracoke Lighthouse Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance sign Public domain photograph of a memorial plaque, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Watercolor over black lead, 144 x 197 mm. Inscribed in brown ink (modernized): 'A land Tort which the Savages esteem above all other Torts' 1906,0509.1.68

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the More

Historical note: this plant no longer exists along the Outer Banks. The Algonquian word 'Wysauke' may have meant 'bitter' or describing medicinal herbs in general. Watercolor over black lead, touched with white More

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North More

Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolour and gold, 353 x 235 mm, inscribed: 'The manner of their fishing' and 'A Cannow' 1906,0509.1.6

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North More

Watercolor over black lead, heightened with bodycolor, white, gold and silver (altered), 131 x 213 mm. Inscribed in brown ink: 'Mero.' 1906,0509.1.50

Watercolor over black lead, touched with bodycolour, white (altered) and gold, 263 x 150 mm. Inscribed in brown ink (modernized): 'The manner of their attire and painting themselves when they go to their genera More

Spanish moss on a live oak along the Thomas Hariot Trail.

Watercolor over black lead, heightened with white (altered) and gold, 146 x 170 mm. Inscribed in brown ink, 'The broyling of their fish over the flame of fier.' 1906,0509.1.11b

Wild mushrooms along the Thomas Hariot trail

Northern shoreline of Roanoke Island in its natural state.

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North More

American beautyberry along the Thomas Hariot Trail. Public domain scan of drawing, botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Historical note: This watercolor has become renowned as the first picture of an American butterfly. Watercolor over black lead, with bodycolour and touched with white, 140 x 198 mm. 1906,0509.1.66

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The play describes the late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, in North More

MANTEO, N.C. - Senior Chief Petty Officer Ron McCready gives his remarks during a ceremony to dedicate the boathouse at the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum to Herbert M. Collins in Manteo, Oct. 15, 2011. Referred t More

MANTEO, N.C. - Grandchildren of Herbert M. Collins reveal a plaque dedicating the boathouse at the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum to their grandfather, in Manteo, Oct. 15, 2011. Referred to as the Last Keeper, Col More

Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge are shown here at the North Carolina Aquarium in Manteo, N.C., Dec. 4, 2012. The crew was welcomed to the Outer Banks to visit the final resting place o More

Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge are shown here at Island Farm in Manteo, N.C., Dec. 4, 2012. The crew was welcomed to the Outer Banks to visit the final resting place of Richard Etheri More

Pvt. Travis Samate, from Colorado Springs, Colo., And a signal support systems specialist with HHT, 4th 'Dark Horse' Sqdn., 9th U.S. Cav. Regt., 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div., simulates applying a tourniquet to a sold More

Acorns are plentiful in the autumn in the forest at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

An interesting bark pattern seen on trees in the forest found at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

An interesting bark pattern seen on trees in the forest found at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

A native epiphyte that grows on the trees around the park.

A young visitor sits patiently while getting her face painted by an actor from The Lost Colony drama production portraying a native during the 2013 Virginia Dare Faire at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

Actors from The Lost Colony drama production portray the English colonists at the 2013 Virginia Dare Faire at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

Scene of the forest that the Thomas Hariot Trail meanders through.

Oblique view of the Waterside Theater where The Lost Colony drama is presented during the summer at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

An actor from The Lost Colony drama production portrays Queen Elizabeth during the 2013 Virginia Dare Faire at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

A native epiphyte that grows on the trees around the park.

Berries found along the Thomas Hariot Trail at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

A young visitor to Fort Raleigh National Historic Site enjoys learning about life here in the 1580s during the Virginia Dare Faire.

The marker stone commemorating the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island. Public domain photograph of a memorial plaque, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Surf fishing on a mild autumn day at Cape Point in Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

Scene of the forest that the Thomas Hariot Trail meanders through.

Surf fishing on a mild autumn day at Cape Point in Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

A young visitor gets her face painted by an actor from The Lost Colony drama during the Virginia Dare Faire at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

Acorns are plentiful in the autumn in the forest at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

Berries found along the Thomas Hariot Trail at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

This monument celebrates the birth of Virginia Dare, the first English person born in North America on August 16, 1587.

Photos of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge nameboard donated from the structure of the Etheridge family homestead in Manteo, N.C. Capt. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of the Pea Island Lif More

Photos of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge nameboard donated from the structure of the Etheridge family homestead in Manteo, N.C. Capt. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of the Pea Island Lif More

Photos of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge nameboard donated from the structure of the Etheridge family homestead in Manteo, N.C. Capt. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of the Pea Island Lif More

Photos of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge nameboard donated from the structure of the Etheridge family homestead in Manteo, N.C. Capt. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of the Pea Island Lif More

Photos of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge nameboard donated from the structure of the Etheridge family homestead in Manteo, N.C. Capt. Etheridge was the first African-American keeper of the Pea Island Lif More