Somerville Sanctuary

History
Somerville Place was started generations before the arrival of General Dave. It is different from many of the settlements in General Dave's Minutemen Empire because it was "adopted" by the Minutemen, rather than being built by the Minutemen themselves. Originally, it started as a small farming plantation run by outcasts of the Commonwealth. Due to their remote location and because they couldn't rely on help from the Minutemen at the time, the settlers decided to build upward, with the assistance of a number of construction robots, to escape the dangers of the swamps, like raiders, Gunners, and super mutants.

Arrival of the Minutemen
The arrival of General Dave's Minutemen marked the turning point for the settlers, and improved their lives past mere survival. The improvements include a full defensive wall and heavy artillery, Minutemen supply and communication networks, a fusion generator, and a soon-to-be-installed Minutemen statue. General Dave also brought Christmas to Somerville in the December of 2290~.

Somerville Sanctuary is still very independent. Because of this, it has less propaganda than other Minutemen-controlled settlements. Their independence can be seen in their use of a frontier-like sheriff and various forms of "frontier justice", including pillories and the "Holding Tree".