Historical Marker
Colleys Cabin
Historical marker location:
Birchleaf, Virginia
( Marker is on Sandlick Road (Virginia Route 80) just east of Crooked Branch Lick Creek Road (County Route 607), on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1970
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.