Wythe County / Grayson County

Historical marker location:

Elk Creek, Virginia

( Marker is on Grayson Turnpike (U.S. 21) just north of Forest Road 57, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1928

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.