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  2. Julian Stanley Wise - Wikipedia

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    Julian Stanley Wise. Julian Stanley Wise (1900 – July 22, 1985), was the founder of the Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew, the first volunteer rescue squad in the United States. In 1909, Wise was walking along the banks of the Roanoke River in Roanoke, Virginia, when he witnessed two men capsize a canoe in deep, rough water.

  3. Monterey (Roanoke, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    Monterey (Roanoke, Virginia) /  37.30833°N 79.91361°W  / 37.30833; -79.91361. Monterey is a historic plantation house located at Roanoke, Virginia. It was built about 1845, and is a two-story, banked, Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a spreading hipped roof. Two additions were made to the original house after 1871, which gives it ...

  4. Virginia Dare - Wikipedia

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    Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587; date of death unknown) was the first English child born in an American English colony. [2] What became of Virginia and the other colonists remains a mystery. The fact of her birth is known because John White, Virginia's grandfather and the governor of the colony, returned to England in 1587 to seek fresh ...

  5. Jamestown supply missions - Wikipedia

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    The Jamestown supply missions were a series of fleets (or sometimes individual ships) from 1607 to around 1611 that were dispatched from England by the London Company (also known as the Virginia Company of London) with the specific goal of initially establishing the company's presence and later specifically maintaining the English settlement of "James Fort" on present-day Jamestown Island.

  6. John White (colonist and artist) - Wikipedia

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    John White ( c. 1539 – c. 1593) was an English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer. White was among those who sailed with Richard Grenville in the first attempt to colonize Roanoke Island in 1585, acting as artist and mapmaker to the expedition. He would most famously briefly serve as the governor of the second attempt to ...

  7. Cleveland County Rescue Mission creates transitional housing

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    Micheal Woods, executive director of Cleveland County Rescue Mission, shows the shelter options at the missions Julius Street location. Transitional and emergency housing are available for men.

  8. Roanoke, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.roanokeva.gov. Roanoke ( / ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains. Roanoke is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of the Virginia– North Carolina border and 250 ...

  9. John Smith (explorer) - Wikipedia

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    English literature. Signature. John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in the early 17th century.