Great Swamp Management Area, Mount Hope

Address: 309 Great Neck Rd
Vicinity: West Kingston

Type: Wetland

Travel Genus: Sight
Sight Category: Site

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
1675/11/00			After the disastrous Autumn campaign in western Massachusetts, hostile Indians retreat toward the south and winter quarters amongst the Narragansetts, erecting a fort on an elevated position of 4 or 5 acres surrounded by swampy land.			King Philip's War
1675/12/19	Josiah Winslow	Colonial Militia Commander	New England's Colonial militia battle the Narragansett tribe near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in present-day South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Monument located in the Great Swamp State Management Area, West Kingston, Rhode Island.			King Philip's War
1675/12/19	Samuel Lincoln Jr	Colonial Militia	On a bitterly cold and stormy day, Samuel Lincoln serves as a militia cavalryman in the Great Narraganset Fight.			King Philip's War
1675/12/19	Capt Joseph Gardner	Died	Major Church steps to Capt Gardner amidst the wigwams in the east end of the Fort and seeing the blood run down his cheek, lifts up Gardner's cap and calls him by name. Gardner looks up but speaks not a word, being mortally wounded, shot through the head.			King Philip's War
1675/12/19	Col Samuel Appleton Jr	Commander of the Massachusetts militia	New England's Colonial militia battle the Narragansett tribe near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in present-day South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Monument located in the Great Swamp State Management Area, West Kingston, Rhode Island.			King Philip's War

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Person

Association

Description

Composition

Food

Event

Y/M/D

Person

Association

Description

Composition

Food

Event

1675/11/00

After the disastrous Autumn campaign in western Massachusetts, hostile Indians retreat toward the south and winter quarters amongst the Narragansetts, erecting a fort on an elevated position of 4 or 5 acres surrounded by swampy land.

King Philip's War

1675/12/19

Josiah Winslow

Colonial Militia Commander

New England's Colonial militia battle the Narragansett tribe near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in present-day South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Monument located in the Great Swamp State Management Area, West Kingston, Rhode Island.

King Philip's War

1675/12/19

Samuel Lincoln Jr

Colonial Militia

On a bitterly cold and stormy day, Samuel Lincoln serves as a militia cavalryman in the Great Narraganset Fight.

King Philip's War

1675/12/19

Capt Joseph Gardner

Died

Major Church steps to Capt Gardner amidst the wigwams in the east end of the Fort and seeing the blood run down his cheek, lifts up Gardner's cap and calls him by name. Gardner looks up but speaks not a word, being mortally wounded, shot through the head.

King Philip's War

1675/12/19

Col Samuel Appleton Jr

Commander of the Massachusetts militia

King Philip's War