The Russell Garrison was a fortified area of

Dartmouth, Massachusetts Dartmouth (Massachusett: ) is a coastal town in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Old Dartmouth was the first area of Southeastern Massachusetts to be settled by Europeans, primarily English. Dartmouth is part of New England's farm coast, which co ...

in the 17th century. Now a small town-owned public park located on Fort Street in its Apponagansett neighborhood, the garrison site includes the reconstructed foundational remnants of the homestead of early settler John Russell, progenitor of the locally prominent Russell family. The house was originally surrounded by a wooden stockade, and was the site of attacks during

King Philip's War King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England coloni ...

in the 1670s. It is one of the town's few 17th-century home sites whose location is known, having undergone excavation in 1951. The site was listed on the

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in 2018. File:Russell Garrison in Padanaram 03.jpg File:Russell Garrison in Padanaram 02.jpg File:DartmouthMA RussellGarrison1.jpg

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Russell Russell Russell Russell Buildings and structures in Bristol County, Massachusetts Dartmouth, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts

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