Exploring the Abandoned town of Dana Massachusetts 1938 ghost town
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- People were made to leave the town so the could flood it and build the Reservoir but they didn't flood the entire town. We took the walk down the old main road to see what this old town looked like with no buildings or people. What a shame they moved and destroyed all these old buildings, cleared the people out but never actually flooded a majority of the town.
Formed from parts of Petersham, Greenwich, and Hardwick, it was incorporated in 1801. The town was named for Massachusetts statesman Francis Dana. The town was disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. Upon disincorporation, all of the town was returned to the adjacent town of Petersham. The majority of the land of the former town is still above water.
As with the nearby town of Prescott, after the disincorporation, houses were moved or razed, but cellar holes remain. In the town center (which is still somewhat maintained by the Mass DOC and Recreation), a stone marker has been installed, which reads: "SITE OF DANA COMMON 1801-1938 To all those who sacrificed their homes and way of life. The common and a 68-acre area encompassing the former town center has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Exploring the Abandoned town of Dana Massachusetts 1938 ghost town
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Thank you for exploring this place. Always wanted to go. For people who dont want to live in Massachusetts..get out. We wont miss you
Ok not a problem I'm leaving!
History. Formed from parts of Petersham, Greenwich, and Hardwick, it was incorporated in 1801. The town was named for Massachusetts statesman Francis Dana. The town was disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir.
Yeah, its a sad story of these towns being destroyed and removed to make way for Boston's water supply. But as I recall, the same thing happened in Tennessee and other parts with the TVA. Excellent and educational video as always. Thanks, guys!
Very interesting place, very sad the outcome of all those who had to leave at such a difficult time, it would be interesting to know what happened to those who had to leave. Doesn't sound like such a great place Massachusetts with all it's prohibitions, it's getting a little like that over here to. Take Care. Cheers
They were black people, the country shitted on them.
I've grown up with the quabin being right in my town. I've never been ok with destroying towns to flood them so BOSTON has drinking water!!
In 3rd grade sum1 whom lived in Enfield came and spoke at our school & is something I will never forget ❤❤❤
The Quabbin provides water to over forty towns plus Boston.
“Welcome to Massachusetts, NO”
As a mass resident I can confirm.
And that's being polite when we like you lol
Excellent video. I am involved with the annual town reunion held there on Dana Common. Although we did not hold it last year and may not this year, this road (Gate 40) is still open to those who want to venture in by foot or bicycle. One note: There is an open field straight behind where the church was, and a gravel path into the middle of it. Continue less than 100 yards and walk down a steep little hillside and you are at the water's edge. However, to find more of what was here in this area, these gentlemen are correct: it'll take more walking, and you'll come to the water again, where you'll see that what was there is submerged.
The town of Dana even though it did not get flooded wad because every reservoir needs to have a pristine area of land surrounding it to keep the water as fresh and uncontaminated as possible. The project cleared over 80,000 acres and the Res is only 25,000 acres making the surrounding 55,000 acres Watershed lands. A lot of the people from those towns that were flooded ended up working on the project as well as a way to stay a float during the depression.
we averaged 2.6 mph walking this yesterday... and I wondered "why is this taking so long?" haha. now I know. Rollin Doubleday.
I wish MA was more like NH.
The first stop you made (the wooden structure) is a deer checking station when they have their limited hunt in early December. This also was at the site of the former Monroe Berry home. The big cellar hole you looked at was more than likely the barn foundation for the Dana Town Poor farm, Last owned by George Carter. The small cellar hole (10'x10' or so) is unknown, and predates any map. It may have been associated with the McMaster homesite across the street. I may have my bearings messed up, as your video shows the big foundation first, and the small cellar hole next, and on the walk in, the small cellar hole is first. You mis spoke at the common as to the dates of the town - 1801 to 1838, but I knew what you meant. What is more annoying is the plaque on the rock stating Dana from 1763 to 1938. Where they got 1763 from, I will never know. It was incorporated in 1801, and was not a parish of another town, like Enfield and Prescott were (South Parish of Greenwich, 1787 - eventually became Enfield, and East Parish of Pelham, 1786, which eventually became Prescott).
All the rules and can not do's are because it is a public water supply, but yeah, it is a bit over done!
my grandfathers barn had a larger but square silo that was built into the ground in medfield mass they used to fork everything out now the silos are cylindrical and have some sort of belt that feeds at the top that saves a lot of work as the cows are fed late into feb the sylage is still at ground, level then there silage level would drop below ground level having to be forked out of the hole
LOL just seeing this video now. NO is just one of the many reasons I moved to Florida. It's amazing that the American Revolution basically started in MA and the majority of the people that live there want exactly what the patriots fought for. Boggles the mind.
There is a flooded town in missipi its called coldwater if u take a dirt road to it you'll se ruins
Abner Doubleday fired the first shot of the civil war at fort sumter.Also was at Gettysburg.
And supposedly invented baseball
Been disproved he invented baseball.
@@stevemahoney6493 hence the supposedly
Massachusetts sucks. I cant wait to get into New Hampshire.
Massachusetts does suck, but New Hampshire has higher property tax rates and plows its roads worse. If you're cool with that, then go for it. Otherwise, I'd consider looking elsewhere.
New Hampshire sucks too man. The best state in NE is Maine
We don’t want you.
I live an hour away and never heard of this town smh...
could i build a town there and make an abandoned forest video?
All I can think of is the thousands of ticks crawling onto you guys.
So where is the town dump? That might be available for site finding!
Depressing.
A solemn lonely hike, the ghosts wanderin', wanderin,...
An addition of a drone (unless restricted €;-)} ) would have given more insight to the context of this sad story...thank you for your efforts
P.s. yes they were "paid" to move but as you said now it is a proven wrong
Been there a million times. I have all the books about the area. You guys were close to the bomber wreckage! Wendell Farnsworth is the only dead kid left in the area and you were fairly close to his tombstone. Why they left his grave alone is still a mystery. If you want a proper tour of the area and have a whole day... let me know. I have photos of all of the towns when they were still alive and thriving!
As TH-camrs , are we safe watching this..is it prohibited? Great video, guys!
This vid was rollin' doubleday fo' sho'.
Does this mean they moved, the town leveled and the reservoir wasn't made after all?
The Quabbin was built and flooded. they just didn't flood the entire town. 4 towns were destroyed for the reservoir. ar-tour.com/guides/stories-of-submerged-towns-1/the-lost-towns-of-quabbin-valley.aspx
The wachusett reservoir was too small as Greater Boston grew...it was a necessary evil. 4 towns that where lost,where by pass towns making no money on property taxes. Plus the depression was on & those where jobs. Prescott,Dana,Enfield& Greenwhich part of swift valley...it sucks for the ppl to lose land & homes.
I thought Dana was supposed to have been lost to the Quabbin because Boston is literally the worst city in the known universe, even over Pyongyang. At least Pyongyang didn't flood out four towns full of peoples homes, memories and lives to give some more water to an already crummy fucking city...
Edit: Also Pyongyang has better roads.
Edit 2: Also Pyongyang has less traffic.
Edit 3: Also Pyongyang has less assholes... or Massholes to be specific.
Edit 4: Also Pyongyang residents have more personal liberties than any Massachusetts resident- okay I think you guys get the idea.
N.H. has a 'VIEW TAX' to look out your house windows and you are not even close to 'live free or die' anymore so, relax w your criticism.
The question is........ Is Metal Detecting prohibited there lol and now that I've got to the end I have my answer lol
Pretty much everything is prohibited inside the quabbin reservation. Honestly if they thought they could enforce it they would have probably made the whole thing off limits. State Patrols are pretty regular.(and they will check bags if you have them) In the very early 90's a girlfriend and I used to go there for outdoor quickies which were definitely were prohibited 😇
@@galactic_socialist what's the world coming to when you can't take a trip outdoors to have some extra carriculare activities lol
@@Thebigmanmetaldetecting I work closely with the MDC and even the state archaeologist isn't allowed to metal detect, and I got that directly from her. I also have done some (not there). It's now a place on the National Register of Historic Places, so what you see is about all you'll ever get to.
the NO SOUP FOR YOU walk. In typical Massachusetts fashion.. don't do this don't do that.. stop, leave turn around..
Hidden history . . . Evil greedyness is behind it : (
Ahhh yes the rules... LoL
Makes me think of here in Oregon, don't know what your laws are regarding U-turns. Most places I know of it's legal to make a U-turn unless otherwise stated. But Oregon is the opposite. No U-turn unless it is stated that it is acceptable... And in some places were you are allowed to make a u-turn a few have day and night restrictions like prohibited during 2:45pm - 3:50pm or 1:00am- 2:30am. What kind of crap is that huh.
Sean G wtf does that have to do with this video?
It is an active watershed - anything done their impacts the water supply. These guys are idiots to omit that context.
It's Massachusetts...no nothing!!!
Live Free or Die
So if I went there can I detect?
No it is posted no metal detectors no digging anywhere and no pets the Massafriggincheezitts department of conservation and recreation (DCR) monitor and do upkeep of the entire thing.
@@jimmclaughlin5930 Figures!!
um, bicycles?
Yes. No motor vehicles except by special permit from the MDC, which may be only once or twice a year.
Video would have been more enjoyable w/o your political commentary about the "No's" of Massachusetts. Yeah our state doesn't allow fire arms but thats a good thing. I don't want to be hiking around a bunch of people hunting all the time. okay? I like my peace and quiet when I hike. Also Massachusetts is a lot more residential than New Hampshire and a lot of people live close by to the trails. So they have more regulations. The main reason though for the regulations is that its the QUABBIN Reservoir land and is a drinking water source for Massachusetts. They are safeguarding the area around the reservoir. Most of Massachusetts is not as bad, but hunting is only allowed in certain areas and we are a firearms free state. Overall a good video though.
sorry to say its probably good to have those restrictions...otherwise possibly there wouldnt be anything left except trash....just sayin..you guys may have an idea of what I mean...some people have no respect..where did they relocate the dead?
Massachusetts sucks 😂
Me when I’m in a “worst takes ever contest” and it’s my turn:
Good old Massachusetts where everything is illegal and or prohibited..... I live in Ma so I can knock it....lol...
You’d think there would be plenty of old places to go but everything is gone and restricted. Very boring state western mass isn’t much better than eastern mass
@@johnnysalami27 I don't know much about Western Mass but there's tons of "old places" on the Eastern side. All of Downtown Boston is "old" with many buildings, churches cemeteries as old as the city. Cities of Quincy, Charleston, South Boston all have huge amounts of history or "old places"...far from a boring state. Look up a lil history on Massachusetts, you'd be surprised
@@Pisces-1978 I agree. I live on Cape Ann near Gloucester and there's an abandoned town in this area called Dogtown. It's located between Gloucester and Rockport out by the railroad tracks. Back in the 1800s it was a settlement of mostly women. Spinsters and widows who kept dogs for protection. There were also a few witches who had been cast out of Salem who lived there as well. Legend has it that most of the women were forced to move due to the lack of food and resources, leaving only empty houses and feral dogs. Hence it's name.
I moved from MA to Hawaii, from communist to more communist
Same in ri
Awesome!! Welcome to my back yard! Garbage that any state ran location like that has so many rules, but believe me, that place has been SMASHED by a million detectorists. Half the town is under water. Some people capitalized on the situation, famous story of one guy claiming his farm land was a golf course, he got paid big. Others suffered terribly with the flooding to quench Boston’s thirst. Half of Dana is under water, other towns like Enfield, are completely underwater. Great vid. Cheers
yeah, the golf course guy built some of it in order to destroy it/ get paid!
it has rules for a reason. There is fragile vegetation and wetlands there. And its a water source for massachusetts. we have to protect it.
Any history of this place is wasting away. I wonder if you can secure a permit to metal detect there and turn in all the finds. Have a display there somewhere manned by volunteers. This would be awesome place to detect. Otherwise noone will ever see the relics hidden in the soil there. It is sad and ironic that first they destroy the place and than they protect the remnants from being discovered and protected.
No metal detecting is allowed. I am closely involved with people working to preserve Dana Common which is now a National Historic Site. I also have treasure hunted with a metal detector (not there), and even the state archaeologist is not allowed to search here. Ground-penetrating radar would be allowed but only under the direction of the MDC and state archaeologist.
The roads in an abandoned town look better than towns in use
Gotta love places like that. The list of rules and regulations ensure that the land being preserved for everybody, can be enjoyed by basically nobody. And the irony being that they're preserving stuff that's no longer there. I could see preserving it if it was still there. But it's not.
If it’s near the reservoir, the restrictions are more likely related to protecting water quality than preserving any artifacts. There’s a reason greater Boston has some of the best quality tap water in the country.
My daughter worked with the MDC to install site-specific photos around Dana Common to show what the buildings looked like at the time. This was for her Girl Scout Gold award, and the photos -- although needed occasional maintenance -- are durable and appreciated by visitors. This is about as much as can be allowed.
My great grandparents lived here and the did not get paid I a cent for there house
Yes, the people were paid for their land...though, the price went down as April of '38 got closer. Also, most graves were removed, You two were very close to one of the remaining ones. Farnsworth stone. Also, as mentioned in the comments, the F-94 Spitfire crash site is close to the Common. I'm wondering if you saw the Vaughn homestead, right there in the common. Legend has it Vaughn paid kids a nickel a piece to bring him the stones for the foundation.
The plane crash is better than a mile away, off a trail to Pottapaug Mountain, if you consult a map.
I live near there and just got to visit this place last year. The most disappointing part was the plaque with a picture of an old war monument near where the monument used to stand. The monument lists those from Dana who served during wars and stopped at WWI but it was simply listed “World War”. What bothered me was that this memorial was no where near the reservoir and yet the state of Massachusetts couldn’t have kept it standing. All they did was place a photo near the site. I don’t understand why that part of the former Dana couldn’t have been left untouched.
You know, here in NH we have an unincorporated township called Livermore. It has a population of zero, yet the town lines remain (check Google maps).
I really wish that the same honors could have been given to the Quabbin towns.
Residents argued that Dana Common would be above water but the state rejected that argument, apparently to have a wide buffer between where people lived and he water's edge.
North Dana was significantly larger, and had several manufacturing facilities along the Swift River, and is almost entirely under water. Large sections of Dana were flooded, so that the remaining areas above the flow line were not large enough to sustain a town. There was also the concern of people living close to the reservoir, so the entire town was taken to ensure a proper watershed. The war memorial is now at Quabbin Park cemetery.
@@greenwich1754 oh so the memorial has been preserved then. I didn’t expect Massachusetts to keep all the buildings in that area, but didn’t understand why a single war memorial, far from the water, in what is now a state park open to the public anyway, couldn’t keep that one monument. At least the monument still exists.
@@redneckpride4ever interesting
"Everything is illegal in Massachusetts." ---Mel Gibson, "Edge of Darkness"
Very true!
@@TT-hi1qv not illegal citizens.....Elizabeth Warren said "it's not illegal, to be illegal in massachusetts"
That list reminds me of the charter for Massachusetts Bay Colony...ha ha ha...it also had a list of, "Thou shalt not's", a mile long.
The government has historically done this all over the country. My grt. grandparents lost their home in Oklahoma during the depression, to the very same thing, and they didn't get paid squat by the government. In those days the government could just condemn your land and take it for what it considered the greater good. My grt. grandparents came out to Washington state in the late 1930's because they lost everything. They put what they could in a Model T Ford and left.
When I was a kid I went to see a ghost town that happened because of the Grand Coulee Dam project on the Columbia river in Washington. You could see the foundations in the water and even some of the houses partly sticking up. It made me very sad to see it and I always wondered what became of the people?!
Sometimes the government took people's land for other reasons too. In 1856 the government took my 4th grt. grandfathers donation land claim of 640 acre's, plus his entire communities land, and turned it into the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, in Grand Ronde, Oregon. It not only took away white settlers who had been there since 1846, that had orchards, wheat fields, homes, a hospital, churches, and schools. It also took away the land that belonged to the local Indians, that were friendly to the whites, and had been there for eons. Our government placed upon their land instead, Indians from the Rogue River area of Southern Oregon, who were hostile to the whites and the local tribes. This was no boon to the Rogue River Indians, who were from the hot dry climate of southern Oregon, and could not deal with the cold damp of the northern Oregon coastal mountains. They got sick and a lot of them died. The history of this reservation and the people it displaced, has been all but forgotten today, and is a case in point of our government run amok. Today there is still the small town of Grand Ronde, a big casino is run there by a few tribal remnants, and there also remains of old Fort Yamhill, which guarded the Indians and the mountain paths to the coast. However, the history on both sides has been carefully edited, so that the general public knows next to nothing about what really happened. It is a sad commentary that no one now wants to hear. So the, "History" that replaced the truth, has become the facts today.
Thanks so much guys, tho this walk may have been tame to you, it shared a subject not often thought about, and gave us a brief moment to see a place others have long forgotten. You always bring such interesting content to us, it really gives us food for thought. Have a great Not Thursday!
Rollin Nehemiah Doubleday was born on Feb 02, 1858 and died on Feb 01, 1931 of a heart attack. First wife was Anna Coolridge and they married in 1879 and had 3 children. Anna died in 1907 of cancer . Rollin remarried a much younger (12 years younger) Emma Flint in 1910 and had no children with her.
Abner Doubleday maybe Charlie!?, Dame has it right go where the history is pickable!!!
“Can’t do anything” that’s Massachusetts for ya.........
Now that sounds like a new license plate... can't do anything 😂 welcome to Massachusetts
Who decides what people just breaks my heart people how it was back then
Don't say you can't do anything in Mass!... That's not totally true!..
LIKE...PAY YOUR TAXES!..AND EARLY IF YOU'D LIKE!
You missed so much, many houses have interesting histories, Asa Snows haunted crypt and hidden treasure. Marcille shot his wife and committed suicide the crashed USAF F-94 fighter jet, haunted sawmill etc. Geocaching is illegal because idiots tear apart walls and foundations looking for them.
Yup, that’s Massachusetts. It’s all rules. No fun here and that means you!! They don’t call it The People’s Republic of Massachusetts for nothing. Underwear checks every Thursday at 9pm.
Don't know the specifics, but I believe large tracts of land were evacuated because they were in the Quabbin watershed and it was important to keep the Quabbin water supply as clean as possible. If you look at a map you will see that large tracts of undeveloped land in Petersham, Hardwick, Belchertown, etc. were also set aside as undeveloped watershed to preserve water quality.
I'm from Massachusetts Canton ma this is cool had no idea
Who maintains this town?
Looks like an awesome place. Wish you could use it for more recreation. Love these kind of places.
Thank you for visiting the old townsite of Dana, All the buildings were removed, the grounds bladed, and trees up to the proposed waterline. The MDC Board knew that 50% of the Town would be above the waterline, they didn't care. 4 towns were destroyed, Greenwich, Enfield, Dana, Prescott. 1000's of Graves were un-interned and then re-buried at Quabbin Park Cemetery. My Rev War solider was birthed in Greenwich, his Grandfather is in the Quabbin Park Cemetery. Again Thanks David C. Gibbs
Welcome to BIG government Massachusetts. They have tight reins on everything. Mass is not a metal detecting friendly state.
Hasn't changed at all and they [Pilgrims ] even elected a white Indian to office, Elizabeth Warren and the great Left Wing Socialist Party.
You're not allowed to metal detect in Ma? I used to see people on the beach do it all the time.
@@donfulton5765 shut the fuck up idiot
@@laurenm6511 Liberal BITCH I suppose. Suck it up if you can't read a comment without placing a sleazy reply. Glad EW dropped out of the race with her fake news.
@@donfulton5765 I'm with you...fauxahontas sucks
Awesome video. Can’t do all that stuff because it is drinking water and soil leeches easily around here.
I'm glad i live in Massachusetts. It's the sanest place in the country right now.
Hahahahaahaha, ya right.... Not quite.
Some nitwit did a video of a small section of this town-but wouldn’t tell anyone where it was.So, most of the commenters now think Truro has been abandoned. 😂😂
You took the words out of my mouth.. when I'm there I can hear the kids laughing and having snowball fights after school.. hear the horse drawn wagons, old folks complaining about the weather.. it's a zen place for me and I've hiked and biked many miles there over the years..
Would love to break out the detector at that location.
Illegal!
Do it. Whose gonna stop you. Except maybe TT the human buzzkill.
As a resident of Royalston, MA, I submit that everything is illegal is my home state. I'm just glad my home in the forest is right up against the NH border & our land is bisected by the Metacomet-Monadnock trail. Luckily, my wife & I pay $0 in sales tax since we always shop in Winchester & Keene. I also grew up in Wellesley Hills, MA, where our home's property line was along the Aqueduct that brought the Quabbin's Swift River source to Boston. You can rent an aluminum boat with a 10hp engine during the warm seasons & fish the Quabbin, at least that's not "prohibited." Thanks for showing us Dana's town center!
Can’t wait to show my dad this video! He will know everywhere you both were, he was born in that town, and grew up there till they were forced out.
Welcome to Massachusetts Where nothing is legal.
Years ago I painted in an elderly complex in Belchertown , Ma.. I met people that lived in the towns of Dana. Enfield under Quabbin. I seen photo albums of gazebo's boardwalks and beautiful homes. The people all told me the same thing, not much money for their property, and forced to move. There is an awesome documentary called " Under Quabbin" Where state police scuba dive in the reservoir.
I think from now on out the rule committees that come up with these rules has to spend one day doing each and everything they ban with a group or club that enjoys each thing on the list. They say no without research or knowledge and most just look up someone else's rules, add a few more and post it. I would think that for each item they could say Permit Required. That way you could allow the activity. The permit holders will respect the area and also help keep an eye on the whole area. Thanks for sharing, GL, HH and take care.
Hey my uncle lives by the quabbin and I dont live too far. I never knew that was there. I should take my kids
Gate 40.
Not only did they take the homes of everyone but they made it endlessly difficult to access the land again. Just walking, no bikes or skis as mentioned. It's ridiculous. And all under the guise of "safe water" for Boston. Absolutely a massive knife stuck and left in the back of the folks out here.
We live in a house built from what was the Dana store, my neighbor's was the Enfield train station. Most of the buildings were deconstructed and homes built in surrounding towns. I love our home but the history is very bitter.
Did they move the buildings or just tear them down or burn them like Digger Dame said ? It is a really sad day that they had leave their homes and jobs to move somewhere else ! Thank you for the adventure and sad history of a town and the people having to leave a place they loved and cared about !
Some torn down, some moved, none burned to my knowledge.
I believe that brown building in the beginning is a deer hunting check-in station!
You should see the restrictions on everything in Massachusetts. It truly is the "STATE OF OPPRESSION." Can't have batons, sling shots, butterfly knives, double edged knives, cigarette lighters that look like anything that isn't a cigarette lighter, strike anywhere matches, any individual component of ammunition without a license to carry firearms (so no spent brass or empty shotshells in your trash if you carry out junk during your hike) no lead fishing weights or lures under 1 oz ( I haven't fished in years since that made most of my tackle boxes illegal)...the list of banned or restricted items is vast and comprehensive. When you drive into Massachusetts you can feel the oppression envelop you as you drive over the state line like a pair of ogre mitts throttling your neck. People ask where do you ride your motorcycles in Massachusetts and the common answer is any road that leads to New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, or Connecticut. Metal detecting is a nightmare too. What little public land there is is off limits. It got so bad with the environmental police coming to investigate nearly every shot during hunting season that I've given up hunting.
Move out of that communist wasteland
Don’t forget no metal detecting!
With all the things that people coulden't do was there one that said you couldn't smoke a cigar? I'm surprised you were permitted to breathe.
This comment is in violation of state ordinance. There is NO criticizing of restrictions allowed on public forums. A second violation could result in a fine not exceeding one billion dollars and/or jail time up to 100 years. Enjoy your stay! Sincerely, The commonwealth of Massachusetts.
From my understanding this was a Black town and thats why it was flooded along with enfield and greenwhich. This also happened in NY, central park was also a Black town that the people were pushed out to build parks,lakes highways run through etc.
Are you two suggesting that those people should’ve been put at risk? The level of engineering and surveying was primitive relative to modern standards. Maybe you boys need to understand the economic thought of that era.
Looks like a nice clean quiet place to visit. There is a good chance that if it was still inhabited, it be a loud dirty mess with humans everywhere. Hahah.
Look on the bright side.
History is important.
Nostalgia is not.
Hey, great prep for approaching Greatest Depression. I already see MANY abandoned homes when I travel away from the Boomer infested coastline. Many of them looking architecturally similar to photos you shared. Cognitive dissonance will not procure reality, only shock when it arrives hence.
Jabber Doubleday was the supposed inventor of baseball and was a captain in the Union army in the Civil war, a related to the blacksmith who knows.
WOW! I’ve lived in New England my entire life 42 years never heard of a Dana Massachusetts.
Gate 35 off route 122 old north Dana road is another way in take the road to the left it follows the sides of the reservoir with several roads off of it the furthest going into the center of Dana beware of the bears moose and bobcats dont feed the bears it is illegal in this state to do so.
i could have shown you guys a few pretty neat things set back off the paved roads here....
The towns Dana, Greenwich, Prescott and Enfield were all sacrificed for the Quabbin. (Your welcome Boston)
If you ever fish the Quabbin via boat you can still see the roads that just enter the water.
I once did a renovation in South Deerfield that had an addition "added on" from a reclaimed home from one of the towns. It was rumored to be Dana, but I cannot confirm it. A lot of hand hewn beams, mostly Chestnut.
There is also an F-94 plane crash in 1955. Wreckage is still there. Giggle it, to see pics...
Why go to mass when we have plenty in New Hampshire. For example Sharps farm Clough state park Patuckaway where I live. Old homesteads with family plot cemeteries.
Massachusetts eats corn on the cob the long way. AZ. TX. NV. And OK. That’s where you want to be.
This is a former black town before colonizers flooded out the natives.
Live free or die.... you guys complied to easy 😂😂
Great video . Just came across this one question did they actually remove the cemetery and people buried there
The common isn't that far from the crash site of an F94 fighter that went down sometime in the 1950s (I think). From the common, continue in the same direction by which you entered, bearing left (ie, south) past the site of the old Eagle Hotel. Another mile or so, and there's a debris field out in the woods. I hiked in there a few years ago (a raw, rainy/drizzly day - what the National Weather Service called "partly cloudy"), but couldn't find it. I met a DCR ranger on the return trip who told me I'd come within a few hundred feet of it. Another time, I guess. She was also kind enough to give me a lift back to the gate, though by then I was soaked anyway.
I've posted my own photo essay of the lost towns (including Dana): th-cam.com/video/Z6SUQEhDunE/w-d-xo.html (The mystery woman starting at 3:40 is my daughter.) This is an updated version of an earlier video I'd posted, in which UMG took umbrage with my unauthorized use of the music (despite getting full credit in the video), and blocked worldwide.
You'd almost have to know where it is. There is a trail that goes in to Pottapaug Mountain and you'd have to know where it is on the left, but a couple of steps from the trail. When you start to see the land rise a lot off to your right (about a mile in) you're at it. It's just to the NE of the peak.
Loved the video. BTW, the town is pronounced "Peter sham" the "h" is silent
You guys need to search the plane crash near there. It was an all aluminum plane that is still there....very cool experience...
Bear had better not sh*t in the woods there. That area amounts to an unusable park like area. I don’t get it.
No dummies this is where children waited on the school bus hence warming waiting station.
Lived in Ware-My Backyard-Security Cameras😏😒
as a mass native who wants to move to nh that intro struck a nerve. great video, guys.