Lenoir Rhyne College - Hacawa Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

Page 16 text:

LENOIR. A FTER Columbus discovered America, the Cabots won for England a claim to the [ northern part of the New World. However, for several years England gave but little attention to America until the two half-brothers. Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh, aroused in England the desire to establish colonies across the ocean. Gilbert ' s attempt to settle America failed, but after his death Raleigh made ready two ships under the command of Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe who reached the New World on July 4, 1384, and dropped anchor in Pamlico Sound off the coast of what is now North Carolina. They returned to England with two Indians and the newly found potato and tobacco plants. Raleigh continued to expend enormous sums of money in fitting out several more colonizing expeditions under Lane and White, but these attempts at permanent settlement in North Carolina failed. It was not until some years later, the exact date being unknown, that some people who had originally settled in Virginia migrated south into the present state of North Carolina to begin permanent settlements in the Albemarle Sound region.

Page 15 text:

Jke

Page 17 text:

RHYNE M ZT-Z Book On SCENES FACULTY AND STUDENT GOVERNMENT