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OCR: NORTH CAROL INA No one knows what happened to the colony at Roanoke Island. The island, which lies off North Carolina's coast was the site of the first English settlement in the Amer icas After several attempt: setting up a per rma anent colony seemed to the English that they had succeeded in 1587 In 1590 however visitors to the colony found the buildil ngs deser -ted and in ruins this hep the fate of the colony a Roanoke remains mystery. In summer visitors to the island can watch an outdoor drama that recreates the storu of the colony North Carolina was the site of another historic first: the first airplane flight In the early 1900s Wilbur pue Orville Wr 'ight conducted their aviation experi ments Hawk To honor the Wright Brothers national monument now stands at Kitty Haw k North Carolini ...