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To: okie01
And the folks who settled Jamestown 13 years earlier were...???

Ummm......dead?

10 posted on 12/10/2001 8:31:52 PM PST by tbeatty
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To: tbeatty
Are you confusing Jamestown with Roanoke Island, mayhaps?

The Jamestown settlement in 1607 suffered through some disasters, but it survived as the first permanent colony in North America. It pre-dated the landing at Plymouth by 13 years.

11 posted on 12/10/2001 8:38:43 PM PST by okie01
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