Tag: Sir Waler Raleigh

  • Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

    Roanoke Island, North Carolina (March 2012) We drove onto Roanoke Island from Nags Head. This is the largest island within the Sounds found between the backside of the North Carolina barrier islands and the mainland. Albemarle Sound is to the north, Pamlico Sound to the south, with the much smaller Croatan Sound to the west…

  • Rolla

    Editor’s Note… Well folks, after 1,373 articles, it finally happened. I repeated a topic. I’d forgotten that I posted a similar article back in 2014. This should make for an interesting compare and contrast, though. I did include a couple of extra Rolla locations this time. I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner, actually. Once again…

  • Did Sir Walter Raleigh Get Drunk in Canada?

    I learned a new adage recently, Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: “Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no“. I’d already understood that mentally of course I just didn’t realize it had a name. Good to know. Naturally, Sir Walter Raleigh never indulged in intoxicants in Canada. The record…