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Historical marker location:

Charlottesville, Virginia

( Marker is on Scottsville Road (Virginia Route 20) ½ mile Frys Path (Virginia Route 627), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1956

The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.